al_set_sample_instance_length(3alleg5)

💖 al_set_sample_instance_length 💖

okay so bestie, you found a page in the Allegro reference manual — the Allegro 5 API, to be exact — and this one is all about al_set_sample_instance_length. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

al_set_sample_instance_length — Allegro 5 API

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

bool al_set_sample_instance_length(ALLEGRO_SAMPLE_INSTANCE *spl,
   unsigned int val)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do?? it sets the length of the sample instance, measured in sample values. and the way that's actually useful is — you can use it to play only parts of the underlying sample. like, cropping the vibe, not the whole song 🎧

⚠️ but be careful though!! do not exceed the actual length of the sample data. that's the one thing the manpage is begging you not to do, fr fr 💀

and what does it give back?

• it returns true on success 🫶
• it returns false on failure 😭
• and heads up: it will fail if the sample instance is currently playing. so pause that thing first, bestie, no cap ✋

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_get_sample_instance_length(3alleg5)

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and that's the whole page!! this lil cutie lives in the Allegro reference manual — the Allegro 5 API docs, al_set_sample_instance_length(3alleg5) section, periodt 💅✨ go set those lengths responsibly, mwah 🎀🦋