DAT_ID

Section: Allegro manual (3)
Updated: version 4.2.2
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NAME

DAT_ID - Makes an ID value from four letters. Allegro game programming library.  

SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro.h>

Macro DAT_ID(a, b, c, d);  

DESCRIPTION

Every object or property in a datafile is identified by a 4 letter ID, which can be created with this macro. For example, to access the NAME property of a datafile object, you could use: 

   get_datafile_property(datob, DAT_ID('N','A','M','E'));

 

SEE ALSO

register_datafile_object(3), get_datafile_property(3)