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Auto buffer and unbuffer values.
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# buf
A simple utility for converting between Strings and Buffers.
```js
var buf = require('buf');
var aBuffer = buf.hex(strOrBuf);
var aString = buf.to.hex(strOrBuf);
```
## API
- buf(stringOrBuffer, encoding): Buffer - Converts value to a Buffer.
- unbuf(stringOrBuffer, encoding): String - Converts value to a String
- aliases: `buf.unbuf`, `buf.un`, `buf.str`, `buf.to`
- encoding methods
- All the encodings that native Buffers can handle are methods on
`buf` and `unbuf`. These are useful if you'll only ever be using 1
encoding, such as: `var buf = require('buf').base64; buf(val)`.
## License
MPLv2.0