al_get_pixel_size(3alleg5)

✨ al_get_pixel_size ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API 💖 this one's a lil baby function but it's lowkey iconic, so let's get into it.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_pixel_size(int format)

like, that's it. one header, one function, one int in, one int out. no cap. 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the way that this works is: you hand it a format, and it tells you how many bytes one single pixel of that format takes up. that's the whole vibe check. 💅

⚠️ but bestie, listen — for blocked pixel formats (think compressed formats, the fancy ones), this thing returns 0. not a bug, that's just how it is. don't come for me. 😭

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• ALLEGRO_PIXEL_FORMAT(3alleg5) — the format lore 👑
• al_get_pixel_format_bits(3alleg5) — the bits-y sibling, go say hi 🌈

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Allegro reference manual · al_get_pixel_size(3alleg5) · 3alleg5 ✨

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this page came straight outta the Allegro reference manual, for the al_get_pixel_size(3alleg5) era of the 3alleg5 manual — go forth and count those bytes, you main character 🦋💖 periodt.