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---
title: DataView.prototype.setFloat16()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DataView/setFloat16
page-type: javascript-instance-method
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.DataView.setFloat16
---
{{JSRef}}
The **`setFloat16()`** method of {{jsxref("DataView")}} instances takes a number and stores it as a 16-bit floating point number in the 2 bytes starting at the specified byte offset of this `DataView`. There is no alignment constraint; multi-byte values may be stored at any offset within bounds.
{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/js/dataview-setfloat16.html")}}
## Syntax
```js-nolint
setFloat16(byteOffset, value)
setFloat16(byteOffset, value, littleEndian)
```
### Parameters
- `byteOffset`
- : The offset, in bytes, from the start of the view to store the data in.
- `value`
- : The value to set. For how the value is encoded in bytes, see [Value encoding and normalization](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray#value_encoding_and_normalization).
- `littleEndian` {{optional_inline}}
- : Indicates whether the data is stored in [little- or big-endian](/en-US/docs/Glossary/Endianness) format. If `false` or `undefined`, a big-endian value is written.
### Return value
{{jsxref("undefined")}}.
### Exceptions
- {{jsxref("RangeError")}}
- : Thrown if the `byteOffset` is set such that it would store beyond the end of the view.
## Examples
### Using setFloat16()
```js
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(10);
const dataview = new DataView(buffer);
dataview.setFloat16(0, 3);
dataview.getFloat16(1); // 0
```
## Specifications
{{Specifications}}
## Browser compatibility
{{Compat}}
## See also
- [Polyfill of `DataView.prototype.setFloat16` in `core-js`](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js#float16-methods)
- [JavaScript typed arrays](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Typed_arrays) guide
- {{jsxref("DataView")}}
- {{jsxref("ArrayBuffer")}}
- {{jsxref("Float16Array")}}