DataView.prototype.getFloat32() - JavaScript | MDN

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// Create an ArrayBuffer with a size in bytes
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(16);

const view = new DataView(buffer);
view.setFloat32(1, Math.PI);

console.log(view.getFloat32(1));
// Expected output: 3.1415927410125732

Syntax

js

getFloat32(byteOffset)
getFloat32(byteOffset, littleEndian)

Parameters

byteOffset

The offset, in bytes, from the start of the view to read the data from.

littleEndian Optional

Indicates whether the data is stored in little- or big-endian format. If false or undefined, a big-endian value is read.

Return value

A floating point number from -3.4e38 to 3.4e38.

Exceptions

RangeError

Thrown if the byteOffset is set such that it would read beyond the end of the view.

Examples

Using getFloat32()

js

const { buffer } = new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
console.log(dataview.getFloat32(1)); // 2.387939260590663e-38

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification
# sec-dataview.prototype.getfloat32

Browser compatibility

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