lo_arg(3)

💖 lo_arg 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about lo_arg — she's a union used to read values from incoming messages, and she lives in the Library Functions Manual section of your friendly neighbourhood man pages. yes she's a union. yes she's iconic. no cap. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

lo_arg — union used to read values from incoming messages.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <lo_osc_types.h>

🎀 Data Fields 🎀

• int32_t i
• int32_t i32
• int64_t h
• int64_t i64
• float f
• float f32
• double d
• double f64
• char s
• char S
• unsigned char c
• uint8_t m [4]
• lo_timetag t
• struct { } blob

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🦋 Detailed Description 🦋

Union used to read values from incoming messages. that's her whole job. she reads. she serves. 🫶

Types can generally be read using argv[n]->t where n is the argument number and t is the type character — with the exception of strings and symbols, which must be read with &argv[n]->t. yes bestie, the ampersand matters, do not skip her, she will humble you 😭

Definition at line 104 of file lo_osc_types.h.

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🌈 Field Documentation 🌈

🍓 struct { ... } lo_arg::blob

Blob

💜 unsigned char lo_arg::c

Standard C, 8 bit, char.

Definition at line 127 of file lo_osc_types.h.

⭐ double lo_arg::d

64 bit IEEE-754 double.

Definition at line 118 of file lo_osc_types.h.

🔥 float lo_arg::f

32 bit IEEE-754 float.

Definition at line 114 of file lo_osc_types.h.

🧚 float lo_arg::f32

32 bit IEEE-754 float.

Definition at line 116 of file lo_osc_types.h.

🎀 double lo_arg::f64

64 bit IEEE-754 double.

Definition at line 120 of file lo_osc_types.h.

💖 int64_t lo_arg::h

64 bit signed integer.

Definition at line 110 of file lo_osc_types.h.

✨ int32_t lo_arg::i

32 bit signed integer.

Definition at line 106 of file lo_osc_types.h.

🌸 int32_t lo_arg::i32

32 bit signed integer.

Definition at line 108 of file lo_osc_types.h.

🦋 int64_t lo_arg::i64

64 bit signed integer.

Definition at line 112 of file lo_osc_types.h.

👑 uint8_t lo_arg::m[4]

A 4 byte MIDI packet.

Definition at line 129 of file lo_osc_types.h.

🫶 char lo_arg::S

Standard C, NULL terminated, string. Used in systems which distinguish strings and symbols.

Definition at line 125 of file lo_osc_types.h.

💅 char lo_arg::s

Standard C, NULL terminated string.

Definition at line 122 of file lo_osc_types.h.

🍓 lo_timetag lo_arg::t

OSC TimeTag value.

Definition at line 131 of file lo_osc_types.h.

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💫 Author 💫

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bestie this one wasn't even hand-written by a human, she was birthed by Doxygen straight out of the source code. machine-made and still eating. we love to see it. 🤖✨

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liblo — Version 0.34 — lo_arg(3) 🦋 that's the version and the manual tag bestie, take it, it's yours now 🫶