TTF_GetPreviousTextSubString(3)

TTF_GetPreviousTextSubString3

Get the previous substring in a text object

Usage

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

bool TTF_GetPreviousTextSubString(TTF_Text *text, const TTF_SubString *substring, TTF_SubString *previous);

Header file

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

Overview

If called at the start of the text, this will return a zero length substring with the TTF_SUBSTRING_TEXT_START

flag set.

Function parameters

text

the TTF_Text
to query.

substring

the TTF_SubString
to query.

Return value

Returns true on success or false on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Thread safety

This function should be called on the thread that created the text.

Availability

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.

From libsdl3-ttf-doc 3.2.2+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.