###### (This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! [SDL2](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/) is the current stable version!) # SDL_ReadS8 Use this function to read a signed byte from an [SDL_IOStream](SDL_IOStream). ## Header File Defined in [](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_iostream.h) ## Syntax ```c SDL_bool SDL_ReadS8(SDL_IOStream *src, Sint8 *value); ``` ## Function Parameters | | | | | ------------------------------ | --------- | ---------------------------------------------- | | [SDL_IOStream](SDL_IOStream) * | **src** | the [SDL_IOStream](SDL_IOStream) to read from. | | Sint8 * | **value** | a pointer filled in with the data read. | ## Return Value ([SDL_bool](SDL_bool)) Returns [SDL_TRUE](SDL_TRUE) on success or [SDL_FALSE](SDL_FALSE) on failure; call [SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)() for more information. ## Version This function is available since SDL 3.0.0. ---- [CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryIOStream](CategoryIOStream)