# Convert an ArrayBuffer to a Uint8Array

A `Uint8Array` is a _typed array_, a view over the data in an underlying `ArrayBuffer`.

```ts
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(64);
const arr = new Uint8Array(buffer);
```

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Create instances of other typed arrays the same way.

```ts
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(64);

const arr1 = new Uint8Array(buffer);
const arr2 = new Uint16Array(buffer);
const arr3 = new Uint32Array(buffer);
const arr4 = new Float32Array(buffer);
const arr5 = new Float64Array(buffer);
const arr6 = new BigInt64Array(buffer);
const arr7 = new BigUint64Array(buffer);
```

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To create a typed array that only views a portion of the underlying buffer, pass the offset and length to the constructor.

```ts
const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(64);
const arr = new Uint8Array(buffer, 0, 16); // view first 16 bytes
```

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See [Binary Data](/runtime/binary-data#conversion).