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Buffer.readInt16LE - buffer - Node documentation
method Buffer.readInt16LE

Usage in Deno

import { type Buffer } from "node:buffer";
Buffer.readInt16LE(offset?: number): number

Reads a signed, little-endian 16-bit integer from buf at the specifiedoffset.

Integers read from a Buffer are interpreted as two's complement signed values.

import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';

const buf = Buffer.from([0, 5]);

console.log(buf.readInt16LE(0));
// Prints: 1280
console.log(buf.readInt16LE(1));
// Throws ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE.

Parameters

optional
offset: number = 0

Number of bytes to skip before starting to read. Must satisfy 0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2.

Return Type

number