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TTF_GetPreviousTextSubString(3) SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS TTF_GetPreviousTextSubString(3)

TTF_GetPreviousTextSubString - Get the previous substring in a text object

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"
bool TTF_GetPreviousTextSubString(TTF_Text *text, const TTF_SubString *substring, TTF_SubString *previous);

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

flag set.

the TTF_Text
to query.
the TTF_SubString
to query.

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

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

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0.

SDL_ttf 3.2.2 SDL_ttf