(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. SDL2 was the previous 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

SDL_Surface *

surface

the surface to duplicate.

Return Value

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

Remarks

If the original surface has alternate images, the new surface will have a reference to them as well.

The returned surface should be freed with SDL_DestroySurface().

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

See Also

• SDL_DestroySurface

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CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategorySurface

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