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Buffer.swap64 - node__buffer.d.ts - Node documentation
method Buffer.swap64

Usage in Deno

```typescript import { type Buffer } from "node:node__buffer.d.ts"; ```
Buffer.swap64(): this
Interprets `buf` as an array of 64-bit numbers and swaps byte order _in-place_. Throws `ERR_INVALID_BUFFER_SIZE` if `buf.length` is not a multiple of 8. ```js import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer'; const buf1 = Buffer.from([0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7, 0x8]); console.log(buf1); // Prints: buf1.swap64(); console.log(buf1); // Prints: const buf2 = Buffer.from([0x1, 0x2, 0x3]); buf2.swap64(); // Throws ERR_INVALID_BUFFER_SIZE. ```

Return Type

this
A reference to `buf`.