Node Reference for Buffer.readInt32BE

method Buffer.readInt32BE

import { type Buffer } from "node:buffer";



Buffer.readInt32BE(offset?: number): number

Reads a signed, big-endian 32-bit integer from buf at the specified offset.

Integers read from a Buffer are interpreted as two's complement signed values.

import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';

const buf = Buffer.from([0, 0, 0, 5]);

console.log(buf.readInt32BE(0));
// Prints: 5

Parameters

optional



offset: number = 0

Number of bytes to skip before starting to read. Must satisfy 0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4.

number