NAME

       TIFFDataWidth - Get the size of TIFF data types

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tiffio.h>

       int TIFFDataWidth(TIFFDataType type)

DESCRIPTION

       TIFFDataWidth  returns  a  size  of  type  in  bytes.   Currently following data types are
       supported:
       TIFF_BYTE
       TIFF_ASCII
       TIFF_SBYTE
       TIFF_UNDEFINED
       TIFF_SHORT
       TIFF_SSHORT
       TIFF_LONG
       TIFF_SLONG
       TIFF_FLOAT
       TIFF_IFD
       TIFF_RATIONAL
       TIFF_SRATIONAL
       TIFF_DOUBLE

RETURN VALUES

       TIFFDataWidth returns a number of bytes occupied by the item of  given  type.  0  returned
       when uknown data type supplied.

SEE ALSO

       libtiff(3TIFF),

       Libtiff library home page: http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/