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DAT_ID(3alleg4) 						  Allegro manual						   DAT_ID(3alleg4)

NAME

       DAT_ID - Makes an ID value from four letters. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       Macro DAT_ID(a, b, c, d);

DESCRIPTION

       Every  object  or  property  in a datafile is identified by a 4 letter ID, which can be created with this macro. For example, to access the
       NAME property of a datafile object, you could use:

	  get_datafile_property(datob, DAT_ID('N','A','M','E'));

SEE ALSO

       register_datafile_object(3alleg4), get_datafile_property(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2						   DAT_ID(3alleg4)