TIFFDATAWIDTH(3tiff)

NAME
TIFFDataWidth - get the size of TIFF data types

SYNOPSIS

            #include <tiffio.h>

    int TIFFDataWidth(TIFFDataType type)

DESCRIPTION

TIFFDataWidth() returns the size of type within TIFF file 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

    •   TIFF_LONG8

    •   TIFF_SLONG8

    •   TIFF_IFD8

RETURN VALUES

TIFFDataWidth() returns a number of bytes occupied by the item of given type within the TIFF file. 0 returned when unknown data type supplied.

SEE ALSO

libtiff (3tiff)

AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors

COPYRIGHT
1988-2022, LibTIFF contributors