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DataView.prototype.buffer

The buffer accessor property of DataView instances returns the ArrayBuffer or SharedArrayBuffer referenced by this view at construction time.

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Description

The buffer property is an accessor property whose set accessor function is undefined, meaning that you can only read this property. The value is established when the DataView is constructed and cannot be changed.

Examples

Using the buffer property

const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(8);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
dataview.buffer; // ArrayBuffer { byteLength: 8 }

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-get-dataview.prototype.buffer

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile						Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	Deno	Node.js
`buffer`	9	12	15	12.1	5.1	18	15	12.1	5	1.0	4	1.0	0.10.0
`sharedarraybuffer_support`	60	79	79	47	10.1–11.1	60	79	44	10.3–11.3	8.0	60	1.0	8.10.0