6.71 SDDS_GetTypeSize

• name:
  SDDS_GetTypeSize
• description:
  Returns the size of the data type in bytes.
• synopsis: #include ”SDDS.h”
  int32_t SDDS_GetTypeSize(int32_t sdds_type);
• arguments:
  • sdds_type: The SDDS data type for which the size is wanted. Must be one of the constants (defined in SDDS.h) SDDS_LONGDOUBLE, SDDS_DOUBLE, SDDS_FLOAT, SDDS_LONG, SDDS_ULONG, SDDS_SHORT, SDDS_USHORT, SDDS_CHARACTER, or SDDS_STRING
• return value:
  On success, returns a positive integer giving the size of the data type in bytes. On failure, returns -1 and records an error message.