TIFFFIELDDATATYPE(3tiff) LibTIFF TIFFFIELDDATATYPE(3tiff)

NAME

TIFFFieldDataType - get TIFF data type from field information

SYNOPSIS

#include <tiffio.h>

TIFFDataType TIFFFieldDataType(const TIFFField *fip)

DESCRIPTION

TIFFFieldDataType() returns the data type stored in a TIFF field.
fip is a field information pointer previously returned by
TIFFFindField(), TIFFFieldWithTag(), or TIFFFieldWithName().

RETURN VALUES

TIFFFieldDataType() returns a member of the enum type TIFFDataType.

SEE ALSO

TIFFFieldName (3tiff), TIFFFieldPassCount (3tiff), TIFFFieldQuery
(3tiff), TIFFFieldReadCount (3tiff), TIFFFieldTag (3tiff),
TIFFFieldWriteCount (3tiff), libtiff (3tiff)

AUTHOR

LibTIFF contributors

COPYRIGHT

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors

4.7 March 7, 2026 TIFFFIELDDATATYPE(3tiff)