Most efficent way to convert a non-typed array of 32-bit integers to a UInt8Array?

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I need to take a standard javascript array populated with valid 32-bit signed intergers and convert it to a UInt8Array. For example, consider the following standard javascript array:

[255, 3498766, -99]

I want the resulting UInt8Array to contain the signed 32-bit representation of these numbers:

255     = [0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF]
3498766 = [0x00, 0x35, 0x63, 0x0E]
-99     = [0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x9D]

So, given the an input of [255, 3498766, -99], the result would be:

[0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x35, 0x63, 0x0E, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x9D]

I can think of naive ways to accomplish this, but I'm looking for as direct a conversion as possible.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array — Craicerjack, Oct 09 '16 at 19:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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a = [255, 3498766, -99]
b = new Uint8Array(Int32Array.from(a).buffer)
console.log(b)

The result will be in the platform byte order, i.e. LE on most today's processors. If you really want big-endian as in your example, you'll need some additional fiddling with DataView.getInt32 (see here for details).

edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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answered Oct 09 '16 at 19:54

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LE is fine. Example was BE only because that's how I visualize it. – w.brian Oct 09 '16 at 20:26

Most efficent way to convert a non-typed array of 32-bit integers to a UInt8Array?

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