bun-types/docs/guides/binary/buffer-to-arraybuffer.md

Type definitions and documentation for Bun, an incredibly fast JavaScript runtime

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name: Convert a Buffer to an ArrayBuffer
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The Node.js [`Buffer`](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html) class provides a way to view and manipulate data in an underlying `ArrayBuffer`, which is available via the `buffer` property.

```ts
const nodeBuf = Buffer.alloc(64);
const arrBuf = nodeBuf.buffer;
```

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See [Docs > API > Binary Data](https://bun.sh/docs/api/binary-data#conversion) for complete documentation on manipulating binary data with Bun.