SDL_StringToGUID(3)

💖 SDL_StringToGUID 💖

okay bestie, so this one's from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS crew (that's the manual it lives in, iykyk) and it's literally here to turn a GUID string into an actual SDL_GUID struct. glow-up time ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_StringToGUID — the way it converts a GUID string into a SDL_GUID structure, no cap 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_guid.h>

SDL_GUID SDL_StringToGUID(const char *pchGUID);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the tea is: this function does zero error checking. like, none. if you hand it a string that's not a valid GUID, it will silently succeed — no complaints, no drama, no error code — but the GUID you get back is gonna be useless. garbage in, garbage out, fr fr 😭

so like… make sure your string is actually valid before you pass it in, bestie. this function is NOT gonna hold your hand.

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• pchGUID — a string holding an ASCII representation of a GUID. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

returns a SDL_GUID structure. iconic, simple, we love to see it 👑

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🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

it is safe to call this function from any thread. yes bestie, ANY thread. go wild, no locking needed, she's chill 🌈

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older… yeah no, upgrade babes 🙈

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• SDL_GUIDToString(3) — the reverse glow-up, for when you wanna go struct → string 💖

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and that's the whole page, periodt 💅

big love to Simple Directmedia Layer for making it, this page is from SDL 3.4.18, and yeah — that's the version, that's the source, mwah 🎀💖✨