Function

Summary

Returns the type of the elements of an array.

Package

fli

Signature

foreign-array-element-type array-or-type => type

Arguments

array-or-type

A FLI array, a pointer to a FLI array or the name of a FLI array type.

Values

type

The type of the elements of array-or-type .

Description

The function foreign-array-element-type takes a FLI array, a pointer to a FLI array or the name of a FLI array type as its argument and returns the type of the elements of that array.

Examples

In the following example a 3 by 4 array with integer elements is defined, and the foreign-array-element-type function is used to confirm that the elements of the array are indeed integers.

(setq array1 (fli:allocate-foreign-object

              :type '(:c-array :int 3 4)))

(fli:foreign-array-element-type array1)

See also

foreign-aref
foreign-array-dimensions
foreign-array-pointer