TypedArray.prototype.copyWithin() - JavaScript | MDN

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const uint8 = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]);

// Insert position, start position, end position
uint8.copyWithin(3, 1, 3);

console.log(uint8);
// Expected output: Uint8Array [1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8]

Syntax

js

copyWithin(target, start)
copyWithin(target, start, end)

Parameters

target

Zero-based index at which to copy the sequence to, converted to an integer. This corresponds to where the element at start will be copied to, and all elements between start and end are copied to succeeding indices.

start

Zero-based index at which to start copying elements from, converted to an integer.

end Optional

Zero-based index at which to end copying elements from, converted to an integer. copyWithin() copies up to but not including end.

Return value

The modified typed array.

Description

See Array.prototype.copyWithin() for more details. This method is not generic and can only be called on typed array instances.

Examples

Using copyWithin()

js

const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(8);
const uint8 = new Uint8Array(buffer);
uint8.set([1, 2, 3]);
console.log(uint8); // Uint8Array [ 1, 2, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
uint8.copyWithin(3, 0, 3);
console.log(uint8); // Uint8Array [ 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 0, 0 ]

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification
# sec-%typedarray%.prototype.copywithin

Browser compatibility

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