DAT_ID(3)

✨ NAME ✨

DAT_ID — makes an ID value from four letters. It's part of the Allegro game programming library. This is the DAT_ID(3) page from the Allegro manual, bestie. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

Macro DAT_ID(a, b, c, d);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so every object or property in a datafile is identified by a 4 letter ID, and you create that ID with this macro. no cap, it's giving very simple and iconic.

For example, to access the NAME property of a datafile object, you could use:

get_datafile_property(datob, DAT_ID('N','A','M','E'));

slay. that's the whole move. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• register_datafile_object(3)
• get_datafile_property(3)

and that's the footer energy, bestie 💅 this page is from <strong>Allegro version 4.4.3</strong>, and the manual entry is <strong>DAT_ID(3)</strong>. no date on this one, so I'm not making one up — periodt. 💜