###### (This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. [SDL2](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/) was the previous version!)
# SDL_SurfaceHasRLE

Returns whether the surface is RLE enabled.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_surface.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_surface.h)

## Syntax

```c
bool SDL_SurfaceHasRLE(SDL_Surface *surface);
```

## Function Parameters

|                              |             |                                                    |
| ---------------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| [SDL_Surface](SDL_Surface) * | **surface** | the [SDL_Surface](SDL_Surface) structure to query. |

## Return Value

(bool) Returns true if the surface is RLE enabled, false otherwise.

## Remarks

It is safe to pass a NULL `surface` here; it will return false.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

## See Also

- [SDL_SetSurfaceRLE](SDL_SetSurfaceRLE)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategorySurface](CategorySurface)