(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_GUIDFromString

Convert a GUID string into a SDL_GUID structure.

Header File

Syntax

SDL_GUID SDL_GUIDFromString(const char *pchGUID);

Function Parameters

pchGUID

string containing an ASCII representation of a GUID

Return Value

Returns a SDL_GUID structure.

Remarks

Performs no error checking. If this function is given a string containing an invalid GUID, the function will silently succeed, but the GUID generated will not be useful.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.24.0.