TIFFDataWidth(3tiff)

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.remotesensing.org/libtiff/

libtiff                       September 12, 2002          TIFFDataWidth(3TIFF)