# readUint16

`import { readUint16 } from "destack:bytes";`

Read one unsigned 16-bit integer.

```ds title="readUint16"
export function readUint16(bytes: &'a readonly [uint8], offset: usize, order?: "bigEndian" | "littleEndian"): uint16
```

[language/library/src/bytes/bytes.ds:11:17](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/bytes/bytes.ds#L11-L17)