DataView.prototype.getUint16() - JavaScript | MDN
Try it
// Create an ArrayBuffer with a size in bytes
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(16);
const view = new DataView(buffer);
view.setUint16(1, 65535); // Max unsigned 16-bit integer
console.log(view.getUint16(1));
// Expected output: 65535
Syntax
js
getUint16(byteOffset)
getUint16(byteOffset, littleEndian)
Parameters
byteOffset-
The offset, in bytes, from the start of the view to read the data from.
littleEndianOptional-
Indicates whether the data is stored in little- or big-endian format. If
falseorundefined, a big-endian value is read.
Return value
An integer from 0 to 65535, inclusive.
Exceptions
RangeError-
Thrown if the
byteOffsetis set such that it would read beyond the end of the view.
Examples
Using getUint16()
js
const { buffer } = new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
console.log(dataview.getUint16(1)); // 258
Specifications
| Specification |
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| ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification # sec-dataview.prototype.getuint16 |