NAME

cgGetType - get the type enumerant assigned to a type name

SYNOPSIS

  #include <Cg/cg.h>

  CGtype cgGetType( const char *type_string );

PARAMETERS

type_string

A string containing the type name. The name is case-sensitive.

DESCRIPTION

cgGetType returns the enumerant assigned to a type name.

The following is an example of how cgGetType might be used.

  CGtype Float4Type = cgGetType("float4");

  if(cgGetParameterType(myparam) == Float4Type)
   {
    /* Do stuff */
   }

RETURN VALUES

Returns the type enumerant of type_string. If no such type exists CG_UNKNOWN_TYPE will be returned.

ERRORS

SEE ALSO

the "cgGetTypeString" document, the "cgGetParameterType" document