The TypedArray class

We can store any datatype in JavaScript arrays. This is because JavaScript arrays are not strongly typed as in other languages such as C and Java.

TypedArray was created so that we could work with arrays with a single datatype. Its syntax is let myArray = new TypedArray(length), where TypedArray needs to be replaced with one TypedArray class, as specified in the following table:

TypedArray

Description

Int8Array

8-bit two's complement signed integer

Uint8Array

8-bit unsigned integer

Uint8ClampedArray

8-bit unsigned integer

Int16Array

16-bit two's complement signed integer

Uint16Array

16-bit unsigned integer

Int32Array

32-bit two's complement signed integer

Uint32Array

32-bit ...

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