NAME

TIFFDataWidth - Get the size of TIFF data types

SYNOPSIS

#include <tiffio.h>

int TIFFDataWidth(TIFFDataType type)

DESCRIPTION

TIFFDataWidth returns a size of type in bytes. Currently following data types are supported:
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

RETURN VALUES

TIFFDataWidth returns a number of bytes occupied by the item of given type. 0 returned when uknown data type supplied.

SEE ALSO

libtiff(3TIFF),

Libtiff library home page: http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/