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method Buffer.prototype.writeInt16BE
import { Buffer } from "https://deno.land/std@0.123.0/node/_buffer.d.ts";

Writes value to buf at the specified offset as big-endian. The valuemust be a valid signed 16-bit integer. Behavior is undefined when value is anything other than a signed 16-bit integer.

The value is interpreted and written as a two's complement signed integer.

import { Buffer } from 'buffer';

const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(2);

buf.writeInt16BE(0x0102, 0);

console.log(buf);
// Prints: <Buffer 01 02>

Parameters

value: number

Number to be written to buf.

optional
offset: number

Returns

number

offset plus the number of bytes written.