Converting between strings and ArrayBuffers

Question

Is there a commonly accepted technique for efficiently converting JavaScript strings to ArrayBuffers and vice-versa? Specifically, I\'d like to be able to write the contents

Answer 1

Blob is much slower than String.fromCharCode(null,array);

but that fails if the array buffer gets too big. The best solution I have found is to use String.fromCharCode(null,array); and split it up into operations that won't blow the stack, but are faster than a single char at a time.

The best solution for large array buffer is:

function arrayBufferToString(buffer){

    var bufView = new Uint16Array(buffer);
    var length = bufView.length;
    var result = '';
    var addition = Math.pow(2,16)-1;

    for(var i = 0;i length){
            addition = length - i;
        }
        result += String.fromCharCode.apply(null, bufView.subarray(i,i+addition));
    }

    return result;

}

I found this to be about 20 times faster than using blob. It also works for large strings of over 100mb.