TypedArray demonstrates an array-like view of a binary data buffer. They are introduced in ECMAScript version 6 to handle binary data. There is no keyword reserved ‘TypedArray’, nor is there a directly visible TypedArray constructor.
There are several types of TypedArray shown below with their range, size, web IDL Type, and Equivalent C Type:
| Type | Range Value | Size (Bytes) | Web IDL Type | Equivalent C type |
| Int8Array | -128 to 127 | 1 | byte | int8_t |
| Uint8Array | 0 to 255 | 1 | octet | uint8_t |
| Uint8ClampedArray | 0 to 255 | 1 | octet | uint8_t |
| Int16Array | -32768 to 32767 | 2 | short | int16_t |
| Uint16Array | 0 to 65535 | 2 | unsigned short | uint16_t |
| Int32Array | -2147483648 to 2147483647 | 4 | long | int32_t |
| Uint32Array | 0 to 4294967295 | 4 | unsigned long | uint32_t |
| Float32Array | 1.2×10^-38 to 3.4×10^38 | 4 | unrestricted float | float |
| Float64Array | 5.0×10^-324 to 1.8×10^308 | 8 | unrestricted double | double |
| BigInt64Array | -2^63 to 2^63-1 | 8 | bigint | int64_t (signed long) |
| BigUint64Array | 0 to 2^64-1 | 8 | bigint | uint64_t (unsigned long) |
Constructor: This object cannot be instantiated directly. Instead, you have to create an instance of an array of a particular type, such as an UInt8Array or a BigInt64Array.
When creating an instance of a TypedArray(e.g. Int8Array), an Array Buffer instance is also created internally in the memory or, if an ArrayBuffer object is given as a constructor argument, then that argument is used instead.
We can create the instance of TypedArray by using the ‘new’ keyword with the respective constructor.
Syntax:
new TypedArray(); // Or new TypedArray(length); // Or new TypedArray(typedArray); // Or new TypedArray(object); // Or new TypedArray(buffer [, byteOffset [, length]]);
TypedArray can be of any type mentioned above.
Parameters: Below are the parameters that TypedArray can take:
- length: The size of ArrayBuffer to create.
- typedArray: Type of array to be created.
- object: When called with the object argument, a new typed array instance is created.
- buffer, byteOffset, length: When called with a buffer, byte offset, and a length argument, a new typed array view is created that is used to view the specified ArrayBuffer.
Instantiating a TypedArray: Below are some examples that show how to instantiate a TypedArray.
Example 1: In this example, we will initialize a typedArray.
Javascript
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(8);
const uint8 = new Uint8Array(buffer);
console.log(uint8.length);
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Output:
8
Example 2: In this example, we will initialize a typedArray.
Javascript
const int8 = new Int8Array([0, 0, 0, 0]);
int8.fill(4, 1, 3);
console.log(int8);
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Output:
Int8Array(4) [0, 4, 4, 0, buffer: ArrayBuffer(4), byteLength: 4, byteOffset: 0, length: 4, Symbol(Symbol.toStringTag): 'Int8Array']
Example 3: Checking if the values are contained inside the TypedArray.
Javascript
const int8 = new Int8Array([10, 20, 30, 40, 50]);
console.log(int8.includes(20));
console.log(int8.includes(20, 3));
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Output:
true false
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