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doc: consistent 'Returns:'
For consistency, changed all `Return:` to `Returns:` in the API docs. PR-URL: #9554 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <[email protected]>
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calculate the length of
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* `encoding` {String} If `string` is a string, this is its encoding.
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**Default:** `'utf8'`
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* Return: {Integer} The number of bytes contained within `string`
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* Returns: {Integer} The number of bytes contained within `string`
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Returns the actual byte length of a string. This is not the same as
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* `buf1` {Buffer}
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Compares `buf1` to `buf2` typically for the purpose of sorting arrays of
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`Buffer` instances. This is equivalent to calling
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* `list` {Array} List of `Buffer` instances to concat
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* `totalLength` {Integer} Total length of the `Buffer` instances in `list`
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* Return: {Buffer}
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* `sourceEnd` {Integer} The offset within `buf` at which to end comparison
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Compares `buf` with `target` and returns a number indicating whether `buf`
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* `sourceEnd` {Integer} The offset within `buf` at which to stop copying (not
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* Return: {Integer} The number of bytes copied.
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* `end` {Integer} Where to stop filling `buf` (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`]
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* `encoding` {String} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding.
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**Default:** `'utf8'`
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Fills `buf` with the specified `value`. If the `offset` and `end` are not given,
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* Return: {Integer} The index of the first occurrence of `value` in `buf` or `-1`
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* Returns: {Integer} The index of the first occurrence of `value` in `buf` or `-1`
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If `value` is:
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* `byteOffset` {Integer} Where to begin searching in `buf`. **Default:** `0`
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