TIFFDATAWIDTH(3tiff)

💖 TIFFDATAWIDTH 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the LibTIFF corner of the manual, this one's TIFFDATAWIDTH(3tiff) and she's a little baby function that just tells you how big a thing is. no cap. let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

TIFFDataWidth — get the size of TIFF data types 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <tiffio.h>

int TIFFDataWidth(TIFFDataType type)

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so TIFFDataWidth() returns the size of type within the TIFF file, in bytes. that's it. that's the whole gig. lowkey iconic for how simple she is ✨

rn the following data types are supported, and yes we're listing every single one because they all matter:

• TIFF_BYTE
• TIFF_ASCII
• TIFF_SBYTE
• TIFF_UNDEFINED
• TIFF_SHORT
• TIFF_SSHORT
• TIFF_LONG
• TIFF_SLONG
• TIFF_FLOAT
• TIFF_IFD
• TIFF_RATIONAL
• TIFF_SRATIONAL
• TIFF_DOUBLE
• TIFF_LONG8
• TIFF_SLONG8
• TIFF_IFD8

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👑 RETURN VALUES 👑

TIFFDataWidth() hands you back the number of bytes occupied by the item of the given type within the TIFF file 💖

and if you feed her an unknown data type? she returns 0. respectfully. no drama, just a zero 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• libtiff (3tiff)

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

LibTIFF contributors — the whole squad, fr fr 💜

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors

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and that's the vibe check, bestie 🎀 this was LibTIFF version 4.7, dated Jun 27, 2026 — go forth and measure ur data types with main character energy, periodt 💅✨🌸