ArrayBuffer.prototype.slice()

The slice() method of ArrayBuffer instances returns a new ArrayBuffer whose contents are a copy of this ArrayBuffer's bytes from start, inclusive, up to end, exclusive. If either start or end is negative, it refers to an index from the end of the array, as opposed to from the beginning.

Try it

// Create an ArrayBuffer with a size in bytes
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(16);
const int32View = new Int32Array(buffer);
// Produces Int32Array [0, 0, 0, 0]

int32View[1] = 42;
const sliced = new Int32Array(buffer.slice(4, 12));
// Produces Int32Array [42, 0]

console.log(sliced[0]);
// Expected output: 42

Syntax

js
slice()
slice(start)
slice(start, end)

Parameters

start Optional

Zero-based index at which to start extraction, converted to an integer.

end Optional

Zero-based index at which to end extraction, converted to an integer. slice() extracts up to but not including end.

Return value

A new ArrayBuffer containing the extracted elements. It is not resizable, even if the original was.

Examples

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Copying an ArrayBuffer

js
const buf1 = new ArrayBuffer(8);
const buf2 = buf1.slice(0);

Specifications

See also