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metadata

title: DataView.prototype.getFloat16()
short-title: getFloat16()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DataView/getFloat16
page-type: javascript-instance-method
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.DataView.getFloat16
sidebar: jsref

The getFloat16() method of {{jsxref("DataView")}} instances reads 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 16-bit floating point number. There is no alignment constraint; multi-byte values may be fetched from any offset within bounds.

{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: DataView.prototype.getFloat16()")}}

// Create an ArrayBuffer with a size in bytes
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(16);

const view = new DataView(buffer);
view.setFloat16(1, Math.PI);

console.log(view.getFloat16(1));
// Expected output: 3.140625

Syntax

getFloat16(byteOffset)
getFloat16(byteOffset, littleEndian)

Parameters

• byteOffset
  • : The offset, in bytes, from the start of the view to read the data from.
• littleEndian {{optional_inline}}
  • : Indicates whether the data is stored in little- or big-endian format. If false or undefined, a big-endian value is read.

Return value

A floating point number from -65504 to 65504.

Exceptions

• {{jsxref("RangeError")}}
  • : Thrown if the byteOffset is set such that it would read beyond the end of the view.

Examples

Using getFloat16()

const { buffer } = new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
console.log(dataview.getFloat16(1)); // 0.00001537799835205078

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• Polyfill of DataView.prototype.getFloat16 in core-js
• JavaScript typed arrays guide
• {{jsxref("DataView")}}
• {{jsxref("ArrayBuffer")}}
• {{jsxref("Float16Array")}}