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+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+const socket = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
+
+const errorMessage =
+  /^Error: Send takes "offset" and "length" as args 2 and 3$/;
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  socket.sendto();
+}, errorMessage);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  socket.sendto('buffer', 1, 'offset', 'port', 'address', 'cb');
+}, errorMessage);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  socket.sendto('buffer', 'offset', 1, 'port', 'address', 'cb');
+}, errorMessage);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  socket.sendto('buffer', 1, 1, 10, false, 'cb');
+}, /^Error: udp4 sockets must send to port, address$/);