<!-- @license Apache-2.0 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> # isBuffer > Test if a value is a [Buffer][node-buffer] object. <section class="usage"> ## Usage ```javascript var isBuffer = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-buffer' ); ``` #### isBuffer( value ) Tests if a `value` is a [`Buffer`][node-buffer] object. <!-- TODO: update once Buffer wrapper --> <!-- eslint-disable no-buffer-constructor --> ```javascript var Buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer/ctor' ); var value = new Buffer( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] ); var bool = isBuffer( value ); // returns true ``` </section> <!-- /.usage --> <section class="notes"> ## Notes - The implementation supports both [Node.js][node-buffer] and [browser polyfill][browser-buffer] `Buffer` objects. </section> <!-- /.notes --> <section class="examples"> ## Examples <!-- TODO: update once Buffer wrapper --> <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> <!-- eslint-disable no-buffer-constructor, no-restricted-syntax, no-empty-function --> ```javascript var Int8Array = require( '@stdlib/array/int8' ); var Buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer/ctor' ); var isBuffer = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-buffer' ); var bool = isBuffer( new Buffer( [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] ) ); // returns true bool = isBuffer( new Buffer( 'beep' ) ); // returns true bool = isBuffer( [] ); // returns false bool = isBuffer( {} ); // returns false bool = isBuffer( new Int8Array() ); // returns false bool = isBuffer( function foo() {} ); // returns false bool = isBuffer( null ); // returns false bool = isBuffer( void 0 ); // returns false bool = isBuffer( 'beep' ); // returns false bool = isBuffer( 5 ); // returns false ``` </section> <!-- /.examples --> <section class="links"> [node-buffer]: http://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html [browser-buffer]: https://github.com/feross/buffer </section> <!-- /.links -->