load_wav(3)

💖 load_wav(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual — yes, that Allegro, the game programming library, and today's main character is load_wav.

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✨ NAME ✨

load_wav — loads a sample from a RIFF WAV file. part of the Allegro game programming library. no cap, that's the whole job description 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

SAMPLE *load_wav(const char *filename);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically: load_wav loads a sample from a RIFF WAV file. that's it. that's the vibe. one file in, one SAMPLE out 🎀

here's how it looks in the wild, literally:

SAMPLE *sample = load_wav("scream.wav");
if (!sample)
   abort_on_error("Couldn't scare user!");

like, you point it at your "scream.wav", and if it hands you back nothing (a whole NULL, rude), you go ahead and abort_on_error with "Couldn't scare user!". iconic error handling tbh 😭

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🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

• gives you back a pointer to the SAMPLE — slay 💖
• or NULL if something went wrong 🙈

⚠️ bestie, listen: remember to free this sample later or you'll get memory leaks. the leaks are not cute. free your sample, protect your peace 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• load_sample(3)
• register_sample_file_type(3)

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Allegro, version 4.4.3 — that's the source and the version, mwah, love that for us. thanks for reading bestie, go load some WAVs 💜🦋✨