NAME

TTF_GetTextSubStringsForRange - Get the substrings of a text object that contain a range of text.

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

TTF_SubString ** TTF_GetTextSubStringsForRange(TTF_Text *text, int offset, int length, int *count);

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

text

the TTF_Text
to query.

offset

a byte offset into the text string.

length

the length of the range being queried, in bytes, or -1 for the remainder of the string.

count

a pointer filled in with the number of substrings returned, may be NULL.

RETURN VALUE

( TTF_SubString ) Returns a NULL terminated array of substring pointers or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information. This is a single allocation that should be freed with SDL_free() when it is no longer needed.

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.