# buf-compare [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/buf-compare.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/buf-compare) > Node.js [`Buffer.compare()`](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_class_method_buffer_compare_buf1_buf2) [ponyfill](https://ponyfill.com) ## Install ``` $ npm install --save buf-compare ``` ## Usage ```js var bufCompare = require('buf-compare'); bufCompare(new Buffer('a'), new Buffer('a')); //=> 0 bufCompare(new Buffer('a'), new Buffer('b')); //=> -1 ``` ## API See the [`Buffer.compare()` docs](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_class_method_buffer_compare_buf1_buf2). ## Related - [buffer-equals](https://github.com/sindresorhus/buffer-equals) - Node.js `buffer.equals()` ponyfill - [buf-indexof](https://github.com/sindresorhus/buf-indexof) - Node.js `buffer.indexOf()` ponyfill ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)