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title: DataView.prototype.setInt16()
short-title: setInt16()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DataView/setInt16
page-type: javascript-instance-method
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.DataView.setInt16
sidebar: jsref

The setInt16() method of {{jsxref("DataView")}} instances takes a number and stores it as a 16-bit signed integer in the 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView. There is no alignment constraint; multi-byte values may be stored at any offset within bounds.

{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: DataView.prototype.setInt16()")}}

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

const view = new DataView(buffer);
view.setInt16(1, 32767); // Max signed 16-bit integer

console.log(view.getInt16(1));
// Expected output: 32767

Syntax

setInt16(byteOffset, value)
setInt16(byteOffset, value, littleEndian)

Parameters

• byteOffset
  • : The offset, in bytes, from the start of the view to store the data in.
• value
  • : The value to set. For how the value is encoded in bytes, see Value encoding and normalization.
• littleEndian {{optional_inline}}
  • : Indicates whether the data is stored in little- or big-endian format. If false or undefined, a big-endian value is written.

Return value

{{jsxref("undefined")}}.

Exceptions

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

Examples

Using setInt16()

const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(10);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
dataview.setInt16(0, 3);
dataview.getInt16(1); // 768

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• JavaScript typed arrays guide
• {{jsxref("DataView")}}
• {{jsxref("ArrayBuffer")}}
• {{jsxref("Int16Array")}}