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calebkiage/ascii-number-to-int.js

Created January 31, 2021 23:13
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Converts ASCII numbers to Integers using Logical AND
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ascii-number-to-int.js
const buffer = Buffer.from("9999999999", "ascii");
const mask = 15; // 00001111
let result = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < buffer.length; i++) {
const place = 1 * (10 ** i);
const pos = (buffer.length - i) - 1;
result += (buffer[pos] & mask) * place;
}
console.log(result);
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