biguintbe

Encode / decode unsigned BigInt as big endian

Usage

var bigUintBE = require('biguintbe')
 
var bigUint = 2n ** 64n - 1n // UINT64_MAX
 
assert(bigUintBE.encodingLength(bigUint) === 8)
var buf = bigUintBE.encode(bigUint)
assert(bigUintBE.encode.bytes === 8 && buf.byteLength === 8)
 
var num = bigUintBE.decode()

API

var buf = bigUintBE.encode(bu, [buf, [byteOffset]])

Write BigInt bu to optional Buffer or TypedArray buf at optional Number byteOffset. If buf is not set a new Buffer is allocated the size of the byte width of bu. byteOffset defaults to 0.

var bytes = bigUintBE.encode.bytes

Number of bytes last encoded

var bigUint = bigUintBE.decode(buf, [byteOffset], [byteLength])

Read BigInt from Buffer or TypedArray buf at optional Number byteOffset for optional Number byteLength bytes. Note that if you do not give a byteLength all of buf will be decoded, since BigInts do not have a natural width.

var bytes = bigUintBE.decode.bytes

Number of bytes last decoded

var bytes = bigUintBE.encodingLength(bu)

Number of bytes required to encode BigInt bu

Install

npm install biguintbe

License

ISC