Name

cgGetTypeBase - get the base type associated with a type enumerant

Synopsis

#include <Cg/cg.h>

CGtype cgGetTypeBase( CGtype type );

Parameters

type

The type enumerant.

Return Values

Returns the scalar base type of the enumerant type.

Description

cgGetTypeBase returns the base (scalar) type associated with a type enumerant. For example, cgGetTypeBase(CG_FLOAT3x4) returns CG_FLOAT. The base type for a non-numeric type such as CG_STRING, CG_STRUCT, CG_SAMPLER2D, or user-defined types is simply the type itself.

Examples

to-be-written

Errors

None.

History

cgGetTypeBase was introduced in Cg 1.5.

See Also

cgGetType, cgGetTypeClass, cgGetParameterType