al_draw_pieslice(3alleg5)

✨ al_draw_pieslice — Allegro 5 API ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to draw a pie slice 💖 this is from the allegro5 manual, section 3alleg5, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little primitives in the whole set. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>

void al_draw_pieslice(float cx, float cy, float r, float start_theta,
   float delta_theta, ALLEGRO_COLOR color, float thickness)

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So the vibe here? It draws a pieslice — that's an outlined circular sector, meaning the curved wedge shape, just the outline, not filled in. Think of the little slice-of-pie shape and that's literally it. 🥧

Here are the parameters, and yes we're going through every single one because they all matter:

• cx, cy — the center of the pieslice. that's the pointy corner where all the slices would meet, the origin of the whole situation. 📍
• r — the radius of the pieslice. how far out the curve stretches from that center. 📏
• color — the color of the pieslice. self-explanatory but like, important. 🎨
• start_theta — the initial angle from which the pieslice is drawn, in radians. radians, bestie, not degrees — iykyk. this is where the slice starts sweeping from. 🌈
• delta_theta — the angular span of the pieslice, in radians. this is how wide the wedge is. and here's the fun part: pass a negative number to switch direction. so if you want it going the other way, you just go negative, iconic behavior honestly. 🔄
• thickness — the thickness of the circle. and listen: pass <= 0 to draw a hairline pieslice. so zero or below and it goes all delicate and thin on you. ✨

fr fr, delta_theta going negative flipping the direction is not a bug, it's a feature, and thickness <= 0 giving you a hairline is also extremely on purpose. 💅

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

• 5.0.6, 5.1.0 — so she's been around for a minute, we love a stable queen. 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• al_draw_filled_pieslice(3alleg5) — the filled version, for when you want that slice SOLID and unbothered. the way that outline vs fill pipeline goes... obsessed. 🍓

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 courtesy of the Allegro reference manual, all the way back from versions 5.0.6 and 5.1.0. go draw some wedges, you're gonna eat 💖✨🎀