DataView.prototype.setFloat16()

The setFloat16() method of {{jsxref("DataView")}} instances takes a number and stores it as a 16-bit floating point number 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.setFloat16()")}}

```js interactive-example // 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

```js-nolint
setFloat16(byteOffset, value)
setFloat16(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 setFloat16()#

const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(10);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
dataview.setFloat16(0, 3);
dataview.getFloat16(1); // 0

Specifications#

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility#

{{Compat}}

See also#

• Polyfill of DataView.prototype.setFloat16 in core-js
• JavaScript typed arrays guide
• {{jsxref("DataView")}}
• {{jsxref("ArrayBuffer")}}
• {{jsxref("Float16Array")}}