From: "Andrew R. Gillett" <arganoid AT fatal-design DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: using textout to output the RGB of a color (allegro)
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:49:47 +0100
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, a Peirano wrote:
> HELP USING ALLEGRO
> 
> Hi i'm fairly new to programming with Djgpp and C++ but I was wondering if
> there was a way of printing out the RGB of a colour using the textout
> function.
> 
> ie:
> use the get_color() function to get the colour
> and then use the textout to output the RGB to see the values?

RGB my_rgb = get_color(source_x, source_y);

textprintf (screen, font, dest_x, dest_y, text_colour, "%d,%d,%d", 
my_rgb.r, my_rgb.g, my_rgb.b);

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