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.TH "al_ref_buffer" "3" "" "Allegro reference manual"
.SH NAME
al_ref_buffer \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.EX
#include \f[B]<allegro5/allegro.h>\f[R]

const ALLEGRO_USTR *al_ref_buffer(ALLEGRO_USTR_INFO *info, const char *s, size_t size)
.EE
.SH DESCRIPTION
Create a string that references the storage of an underlying buffer.
The size of the buffer is given in bytes.
You can use it to reference only part of a string or an arbitrary region
of memory.
.PP
The string is valid while the underlying memory buffer is valid.
.SH SEE ALSO
al_ref_cstr(3), al_ref_ustr(3)