# Reading a Byte in a Byte Array

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-a-byte-in-a-byte-array/269030
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-a-byte-in-a-byte-array/269030 "2008-08-21T15:52:52Z")
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### Author: ![jmjw1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@jmjw1985](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jmjw1985)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-a-byte-in-a-byte-array/269030/1 "2008-08-21T15:52:52Z")

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I’m trying to read and process single values stored within the computeSpectrum byte array. I am unsure how to pick out individual bytes from a specific location within the array, then convert them to numbers.

Can anyone help? Did I make sense?

Thanks.