DataView.prototype.byteOffset

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The byteOffset accessor property of DataView instances returns the offset (in bytes) of this view from the start of its ArrayBuffer or SharedArrayBuffer.

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Description

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

Examples

Using the byteOffset property

js
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(8);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
dataview.byteOffset; // 0 (no offset specified)

const dataview2 = new DataView(buffer, 3);
dataview2.byteOffset; // 3 (as specified when constructing the DataView)

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

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