al_get_bitmap_y(3)

💅 al_get_bitmap_y(3) 💅

okay so real talk: this page comes from the Library Functions Manual, and it's all about one tiny but iconic Allegro 5 API function. Buckle up, bestie 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

al_get_bitmap_y — the Allegro 5 API function that tells you where a sub-bitmap sits vertically. no cap, that's the whole gig 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_bitmap_y(ALLEGRO_BITMAP *bitmap)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So you've got yourself a sub-bitmap, right? And you're lowkey wondering, "where exactly does this little icon live inside its parent?" 💭

That's the moment al_get_bitmap_y swoops in. For a sub-bitmap, it returns its y position within the parent. That's it. That's the function. She's simple, she's useful, she ate 💅✨

It takes an ALLEGRO_BITMAP *bitmap and hands you back an int. main character energy fr fr 👑

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• al_create_sub_bitmap(3)
• al_get_parent_bitmap(3)
• al_get_bitmap_x(3)

like, go read those too, bestie — they're literally the friend group 🫶

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.1.12 — she's been around since 5.1.12, and honestly? iconic behavior 🌈

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🎀 friendly reminder: this one is specifically for a sub-bitmap and its y position within the parent — don't make her do extra, she said what she said 💖

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signed off with love by the Allegro reference manual, page al_get_bitmap_y(3) — and the footer has no date, so we're just gonna say she's timeless, mysterious, and absolutely slaying 😭💀💖