al_get_pixel_format_bits(3alleg5)

💖 al_get_pixel_format_bits 💖

okay bestie, so you're reading the al_get_pixel_format_bits page from the Allegro 5 manual (that's the 3alleg5 section, iykyk) ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

al_get_pixel_format_bits — literally the Allegro 5 API, that's the whole vibe 🌸

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_pixel_format_bits(int format)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: this function hands you back the number of bits that a pixel of the given format occupies 💅 like, how many bits is one lil pixel taking up in that format you passed in? it tells you. that's it, that's the whole job.

but wait — plot twist 🙈 if you're dealing with blocked pixel formats (think compressed formats, the fancy ones), it doesn't give you a number at all. it just returns 0. so if you get a zero back, no, nothing's broken, that's just how blocked formats do 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ALLEGRO_PIXEL_FORMAT(3alleg5)
• al_get_pixel_size(3alleg5)

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that's the whole page, bestie, go forth and count your bits 🧚💜

signing off from the Allegro reference manual — mwah, catch you on the next manpage 💖🫶🌈