(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_DuplicateSurface

Creates a new surface identical to the existing surface.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_surface.h>

Syntax

SDL_Surface* SDL_DuplicateSurface(SDL_Surface *surface);

Function Parameters

Return Value

Returns a copy of the surface, or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

The returned surface should be freed with SDL_DestroySurface().

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_DestroySurface

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategorySurface