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method Buffer.prototype.writeUInt16BE
import { Buffer } from "https://deno.land/std@0.147.0/node/buffer.ts";

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

This function is also available under the writeUint16BE alias.

import { Buffer } from 'buffer';

const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(4);

buf.writeUInt16BE(0xdead, 0);
buf.writeUInt16BE(0xbeef, 2);

console.log(buf);
// Prints: <Buffer de ad be ef>

Parameters

value: number

Number to be written to buf.

optional
offset: number

Returns

number

offset plus the number of bytes written.