DataView.prototype.getUint16()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The getUint16() method of DataView instances reads 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 16-bit unsigned integer. There is no alignment constraint; multi-byte values may be fetched from any offset within bounds.

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Syntax

js
getUint16(byteOffset)
getUint16(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

An integer from 0 to 65535, inclusive.

Exceptions

RangeError

Thrown if the byteOffset is 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
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-dataview.prototype.getuint16

Browser compatibility

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See also