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<h1>buffer_get_address</h1>
<p>With this function you can get the a <i>pointer</i> to the raw, <i>aligned</i> buffer address. This is primarily for use with extensions as you can pass this value through to them, allowing them to access the buffer data. Note that there are a few things
you cannot do with the buffer when accessing from an extension:</p>
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<li>You cannot free the memory.</li>
<li>You cannot resize the memory.</li>
<li>You cannot not write past the buffer address plus the buffer size (you can use the <a href="buffer_get_size.htm"><tt>buffer_get_size()</tt></a> function for this) or you will get an out of bounds error.</li>
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<h4>Syntax:</h4>
<p class="code">buffer_get_address(buffer);</p>
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<th>Argument</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>buffer</td>
<td>The index of the buffer to use.</td>
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<h4>Returns:</h4>
<p class="code">pointer</p>
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<h4>Example:</h4>
<p class="code">var b_address = buffer_get_address(buff_model);<br/> var b_end_address = b_address + buffer_get_size(buff_model);</p>
<p>The above code will get the memory address of the buffer indexed in the variable "buff_model" and then get the memory address for the end of the buffer using the <tt>buffer_get_size()</tt> function, storing both values in local variables for
further use.</p>
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