GUIDs

A GUID is a 128-bit value that represents something that is uniquely identifiable by this value: "globally unique.". More...

Classes
struct	SDL::GUID
	A GUID is a 128-bit identifier for an input device that identifies that device across runs of SDL programs on the same platform. More...

Functions
void	SDL::GUIDToString (SDL_GUID guid, char *pszGUID, int cbGUID)
	Get an ASCII string representation for a given SDL_GUID.
SDL_GUID	SDL::StringToGUID (StringParam pchGUID)
	Convert a GUID string into a SDL_GUID structure.

Detailed Description

SDL provides functions to convert a GUID to/from a string.

Function Documentation

GUIDToString()

void SDL::GUIDToString ( SDL_GUID  guid, char *  pszGUID, int  cbGUID  )

inline

Parameters

guid	the SDL_GUID you wish to convert to string.
pszGUID	buffer in which to write the ASCII string.
cbGUID	the size of pszGUID, should be at least 33 bytes.

Thread safety:

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Since

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See also

SDL_StringToGUID

StringToGUID()

SDL_GUID SDL::StringToGUID ( StringParam  pchGUID )

inline

Performs no error checking. If this function is given a string containing an invalid GUID, the function will silently succeed, but the GUID generated will not be useful.

Parameters

pchGUID

string containing an ASCII representation of a GUID.

Returns

a SDL_GUID structure.

Thread safety:

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Since

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See also

SDL_GUIDToString