# DataView — Instance methods

> {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getBigInt64()")}} : Reads 8 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 64-bit signed integer.

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{{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getBigInt64()")}} : Reads 8 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 64-bit signed integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getBigUint64()")}} : Reads 8 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 64-bit unsigned integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getFloat16()")}} : Reads 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 16-bit floating point number. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getFloat32()")}} : Reads 4 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 32-bit floating point number. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getFloat64()")}} : Reads 8 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 64-bit floating point number. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getInt16()")}} : Reads 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 16-bit signed integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getInt32()")}} : Reads 4 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 32-bit signed integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getInt8()")}} : Reads 1 byte at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets it as an 8-bit signed integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getUint16()")}} : Reads 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 16-bit unsigned integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getUint32()")}} : Reads 4 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets them as a 32-bit unsigned integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.getUint8()")}} : Reads 1 byte at the specified byte offset of this DataView and interprets it as an 8-bit unsigned integer. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.setBigInt64()")}} : Takes a BigInt and stores it as a 64-bit signed integer in the 8 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.setBigUint64()")}} : Takes a BigInt and stores it as a 64-bit unsigned integer in the 8 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView. {{jsxref("DataView.prototype.setFloat16()")}} : Takes a number and stores it as a 16-bit float in the 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this DataView. …

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