al_color_html(3)

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version 5.2.11.3 · 3 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

al_color_html — Allegro 5 API. Also hi bestie: this is al_color_html(3) from the Library Functions Manual, and we're about to decode hex colors like it's nothing 💅✨

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

#include <allegro5/allegro_color.h>

ALLEGRO_COLOR al_color_html(char const *string)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so al_color_html takes an HTML-style hex number — like #00faff — and interprets it as a color. The accepted format is literally the same as al_color_html_to_rgb(3), no cap.

It returns the interpreted color, or al_map_rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) if the string could not be parsed. That's the fallback, bestie.

⚠️ Note: the behaviour on invalid strings is different from Allegro 5.0.x. So if you're time-traveling to 5.0.x, do not expect the same invalid-string vibe check, okay? 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

mwah 💋 — this page comes from the Allegro reference manual, and there is literally no date listed in the footer, so no fake date from me 🎀✨

📦 where this page comes from
  • arch rolling: allegro 5.2.11.3-2 · Zlib AND BSD-3-Clause AND OFL-1.1 AND LicenseRef-Custom
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