# buffer-compare

> Lexicographically compare two buffers.

Latest version **1.1.1** (published 2015-12-09) · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install buffer-compare
pnpm add buffer-compare
yarn add buffer-compare
bun add buffer-compare
```

## Health

**Score 23/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 |
| Published | 2015-12-09 |
| First published | 2013-09-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/buffer-compare) |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 4 |
| Author | Ryan Day |
| Maintainers | soldair |
| Keywords | sort, buffer, lexiographic |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/buffer-compare
- Repository: https://github.com/soldair/node-buffer-compare
- Homepage: https://github.com/soldair/node-buffer-compare#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/soldair/node-buffer-compare/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/buffer-compare

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## Recent versions

- 1.1.1 (latest) — 2015-12-09
- 1.1.0 — 2015-12-09
- 1.0.0 — 2015-10-01
- 0.0.1 — 2013-09-19

## README

[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/soldair/node-buffer-compare.png)](http://travis-ci.org/soldair/node-buffer-compare)

buffer-compare
==============

Lexicographically compare two buffers.

```js
  var compare = require('buffer-compare');

  // smaller
  compare(new Buffer('abcd'),new Buffer(abcde)) === -1

  // bigger
  compare(new Buffer('abcdef'),new Buffer('abc')) === 1

  // equal
  compare(new Buffer('hi'),new Buffer('hi')) === 0

```

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