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<li><a href="#string_decoder_stringdecoder">StringDecoder</a><ul>
<li><a href="#string_decoder_class_stringdecoder">Class: StringDecoder</a><ul>
<li><a href="#string_decoder_decoder_write_buffer">decoder.write(buffer)</a></li>
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<h1>StringDecoder<span><a class="mark" href="#string_decoder_stringdecoder" id="string_decoder_stringdecoder">#</a></span></h1>
<pre class="api_stability_3">Stability: 3 - Stable</pre><p>To use this module, do <code>require(&#39;string_decoder&#39;)</code>. StringDecoder decodes a
buffer to a string. It is a simple interface to <code>buffer.toString()</code> but provides
additional support for utf8.
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<pre><code>var StringDecoder = require(&#39;string_decoder&#39;).StringDecoder;
var decoder = new StringDecoder(&#39;utf8&#39;);
var cent = new Buffer([0xC2, 0xA2]);
console.log(decoder.write(cent));
var euro = new Buffer([0xE2, 0x82, 0xAC]);
console.log(decoder.write(euro));</code></pre>
<h2>Class: StringDecoder<span><a class="mark" href="#string_decoder_class_stringdecoder" id="string_decoder_class_stringdecoder">#</a></span></h2>
<p>Accepts a single argument, <code>encoding</code> which defaults to <code>utf8</code>.
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<h3>decoder.write(buffer)<span><a class="mark" href="#string_decoder_decoder_write_buffer" id="string_decoder_decoder_write_buffer">#</a></span></h3>
<p>Returns a decoded string.
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<h3>decoder.end()<span><a class="mark" href="#string_decoder_decoder_end" id="string_decoder_decoder_end">#</a></span></h3>
<p>Returns any trailing bytes that were left in the buffer.
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