DataView.prototype.getInt8()
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 getInt8()
method of DataView
instances reads 1 byte at the specified byte offset of this DataView
and interprets it as an 8-bit signed integer.
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Syntax
js
getInt8(byteOffset)
Parameters
byteOffset
-
The offset, in bytes, from the start of the view to read the data from.
Return value
An integer from -128 to 127, inclusive.
Exceptions
RangeError
-
Thrown if the
byteOffset
is set such that it would read beyond the end of the view.
Examples
Using getInt8()
js
const { buffer } = new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
console.log(dataview.getInt8(1)); // 1
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-dataview.prototype.getint8 |
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