bitburner-src/doc/source/netscript/basicfunctions/purchaseServer.rst
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purchaseServer() Netscript Function
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.. js:function:: purchaseServer(hostname, ram)
:RAM cost: 2.25 GB
:param string hostname: Hostname of the purchased server.
:param number ram: Amount of RAM of the purchased server. Must be a power of
2. Maximum value of :doc:`getPurchasedServerMaxRam<getPurchasedServerMaxRam>`
:returns: The hostname of the newly purchased server. Empty string on failure.
Purchases a server with the specified hostname and amount of RAM.
The ``hostname`` argument can be any data type, but it will be converted to
a string and have whitespace removed. Anything that resolves to an empty
string will cause the function to fail. If there is already a server with
the specified hostname, then the function will automatically append a number
at the end of the ``hostname`` argument value until it finds a unique
hostname. For example, if the script calls ``purchaseServer("foo", 4)`` but
a server named "foo" already exists, the it will automatically change the
hostname to "foo-0". If there is already a server with the hostname "foo-0",
then it will change the hostname to "foo-1", and so on.
Note that there is a maximum limit to the amount of servers you can purchase.
Example:
.. code-block:: javascript
const ram = 64;
const name = "pserv-";
for (const i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
ns.purchaseServer(name + i, ram);
}