al_get_pixel_size(3)

al_get_pixel_size(3) 🦋✨

okay so this page is from the Library Functions Manual, and it's the Allegro 5 API function al_get_pixel_size — it's giving byte-count clarity, main character energy, and honestly? slay. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

al_get_pixel_size — Allegro 5 API. literally the function that returns how many bytes one pixel of a given format takes up. no cap. 🫶

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_pixel_size(int format)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay bestie, here's the tea: al_get_pixel_size returns the number of bytes that a pixel of the given format occupies. that's it, that's the vibe. ✨

but wait — for blocked pixel formats (e.g. compressed formats), this returns 0. so if your format is blocked/compressed, the answer is literally 0. periodt. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• ALLEGRO_PIXEL_FORMAT(3)
• al_get_pixel_format_bits(3)

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kisses, bestie — source/version: Allegro reference manual; date: this page doesn't print one, so I'm not making one up 🙈💖