# bin/u8-at
Read an unsigned byte from a byte string at `offset`.
## Syntax
[bin/u8-at $bytes $offset]
## Parameters
- `$bytes` — Byte string (raw bytes carried as a Deft string).
- `$offset` — 0-based byte offset
## Examples
def buf [bin/set-u8 [bin/zeros 1] 0 200] [bin/u8-at $buf 0] # → 200 [bin/u8-at $buf 0] # → 200
## Returns
Number. A negative or out-of-bounds offset returns `%Err{:message}`.
## See Also
`bin/set-u8`, `bin/set-bytes`, `bin/bytes`