al_fwrite32be(3alleg5)

💖 al_fwrite32be — Allegro 5 API 💖

okay bestie, so this one is from the Allegro 5 manual (3alleg5, iykyk) and it's literally the moment you yeet a whole 32-bit number into a file in big-endian. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

al_fwrite32be — Allegro 5 API

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

size_t al_fwrite32be(ALLEGRO_FILE *f, int32_t l)

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So what it does is: it writes a 32-bit word in big-endian format, meaning MSB first. like the most significant byte walks in first, main character energy, the rest follow behind her. 👑

And it returns the number of bytes written, which is the important bit:

• 4 on success — all four bytes made it, slay 💖
• less than 4 on an error — something went sideways, not the vibe 😭

ngl, always check that return value. four is the goal, anything less is a red flag 🚩

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• al_fwrite32le(3alleg5) — the little-endian sibling, same energy, different byte order 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie. go write those bytes, check your return values, and stay iconic. 🎀✨

this lil recap comes to you from the Allegro reference manual, page al_fwrite32be(3alleg5) — mwah, bye! 💜