AL_GET_PIXEL_FORMAT_BITS(3)

💅 al_get_pixel_format_bits — Allegro 5 API

okay bestie, so this one is from the Library Functions Manual and it's genuinely one of the chillest little functions in the Allegro 5 API. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_pixel_format_bits(int format)

like, that's it. one include, one call. we love a low-effort icon 🫶

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So what does it do? It returns the number of bits that a single pixel of the given format occupies. that's the whole vibe. you hand it a format, it hands you back an int telling you how chunky each pixel is. 💖

🦋 heads up though: for blocked pixel formats (think compressed formats), this returns 0. not a bug, that's just how it is. blocked formats don't play by the per-pixel bit rules, so the function literally cannot give you a number and says 0 instead. don't @ me, that's canon. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ALLEGRO_PIXEL_FORMAT(3) — the format lore, go read it bestie
• al_get_pixel_size(3) — the sibling function, also very much worth your time ✨

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🌈 cute sign-off 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie — straight from the Allegro reference manual, no cap. go forth and count your bits 💅🎀💜