The getFloat16() method of 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.

Try it

// 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

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

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

Browser compatibility

See also

• Polyfill of DataView.prototype.getFloat16 in core-js
• JavaScript typed arrays guide
• DataView
• ArrayBuffer
• Float16Array