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typedarray

Create a typed array.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/array-typed

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Usage

var typedarray = require( '@stdlib/array-typed' );

typedarray( [dtype] )

Creates a typed array having a specified data type.

var arr = typedarray();
// returns <Float64Array>

By default, the output typed array data type is float64. To specify an alternative data type, provide a dtype argument.

var arr = typedarray( 'int32' );
// returns <Int32Array>

typedarray( length[, dtype] )

Returns a typed array having a specified length.

var arr1 = typedarray( 5 );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ]

var arr2 = typedarray( 5, 'uint8' );
// returns <Uint8Array>[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]

typedarray( typedarray[, dtype] )

Creates a typed array from another typed array.

var arr1 = typedarray( [ 5.0, -3.0, 2.0 ] );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 5.0, -3.0, 2.0 ]

var arr2 = typedarray( arr1 );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 5.0, -3.0, 2.0 ]

var arr3 = typedarray( arr1, 'int32' );
// returns <Int32Array>[ 5, -3, 2 ]

typedarray( obj[, dtype] )

Creates a typed array from an array-like object or iterable.

var arr1 = typedarray( [ 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 ] );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 ]

var arr2 = typedarray( [ 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 ], 'float32' );
// returns <Float32Array>[ 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 ]

If dtype is complex number data type and an array-like object contains interleaved real and imaginary components, the array-like object must have a length which is a multiple of two.

typedarray( buffer[, byteOffset[, length]][, dtype] )

Returns a typed array view of an ArrayBuffer.

var ArrayBuffer = require( '@stdlib/array-buffer' );
var buf = new ArrayBuffer( 32 );

var arr1 = typedarray( buf );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ]

var arr2 = typedarray( buf, 'float32' );
// returns <Float32Array>[ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ]

var arr3 = typedarray( buf, 16 );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 0.0, 0.0 ]

var arr4 = typedarray( buf, 16, 'float32' );
// returns <Float32Array>[ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ]

var arr5 = typedarray( buf, 16, 1 );
// returns <Float64Array>[ 0.0 ]

var arr6 = typedarray( buf, 10, 4, 'int16' );
// returns <Int16Array>[ 0, 0, 0, 0 ]

Notes

• When providing a complex number array, if dtype is unspecified or the specified data type is not a complex number data type, the returned array contains interleaved real and imaginary components.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var typedarray = require( '@stdlib/array-typed' );

var arr = typedarray( 100, 'float64' );

var i;
for ( i = 0; i < arr.length; i++ ) {
    arr[ i ] = randu() * 100.0;
}
console.log( arr );

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See Also

• @stdlib/array-complex128: Complex128Array.
• @stdlib/array-complex64: Complex64Array.
• @stdlib/array-float64: Float64Array.
• @stdlib/array-float32: Float32Array.
• @stdlib/array-int32: Int32Array.
• @stdlib/array-uint32: Uint32Array.
• @stdlib/array-int16: Int16Array.
• @stdlib/array-uint16: Uint16Array.
• @stdlib/array-int8: Int8Array.
• @stdlib/array-uint8: Uint8Array.
• @stdlib/array-uint8c: Uint8ClampedArray.

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Notice

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For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

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