how to use the isbuffer function from lodash in javascript

To use the _.isBuffer function from the Lodash library in JavaScript, first install the Lodash library by running the following command in your terminal:

npm install lodash
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Then, in your JavaScript code, you can import the isBuffer function from the lodash library like this:

const _ = require('lodash');

// using _.isBuffer to check if a value is a buffer
const buffer = Buffer.from('hello');
const result = _.isBuffer(buffer);

console.log(result); // true

const notBuffer = 'this is not a buffer';
const result2 = _.isBuffer(notBuffer);

console.log(result2); // false
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The _.isBuffer function is used to check if a given value is a buffer. It returns true if the value is a buffer and false otherwise. You can use this function in your code to ensure that you are only working with buffer objects where necessary.