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<h2>Name</h2>

<p>glGenTextures — generate texture names</p>

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<h2>C Specification</h2>

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<code class="funcdef">void <strong class="fsfunc">glGenTextures</strong>(</code>

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<td>GLsizei <var class="pdparam">n</var>, </td>

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<td>GLuint * <var class="pdparam">textures</var><code>)</code>;</td>

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<h2>Parameters</h2>

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<code>n</code>

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Specifies the number of texture names to be generated.

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<code>textures</code>

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Specifies an array in which the generated texture names are stored.

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<div class="refsect1" id="description">

<h2>Description</h2>

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<code class="function">glGenTextures</code> returns <em class="parameter"><code>n</code></em> texture names in <em class="parameter"><code>textures</code></em>.

There is no guarantee that the names form a contiguous set of integers;

however, it is guaranteed that none of the returned names was in use

immediately before the call to <code class="function">glGenTextures</code>.

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Texture names returned by a call to <code class="function">glGenTextures</code> are not returned by

subsequent calls, unless they are first deleted with

<a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteTextures"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteTextures</span></span></a>.

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The names returned in <em class="parameter"><code>textures</code></em> are marked as used, for the purposes of <code class="function">glGenTextures</code> only,

but they acquire state and dimensionality only when they are first bound using <a class="citerefentry" href="glBindTexture"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glBindTexture</span></span></a>.

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<h2>Errors</h2>

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<code class="constant">GL_INVALID_VALUE</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>n</code></em> is negative.

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<h2>Associated Gets</h2>

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<a class="citerefentry" href="glIsTexture"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsTexture</span></span></a>

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<h2>API Version Support</h2>

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<span class="bold"><strong>OpenGL ES API Version</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>Function Name</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>2.0</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>3.0</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>3.1</strong></span>

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<td style="text-align: left; border-right: 2px solid ; ">glGenTextures</td>

<td style="text-align: center; border-right: 2px solid ; ">✔</td>

<td style="text-align: center; border-right: 2px solid ; ">✔</td>

<td style="text-align: center; ">✔</td>

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<div class="refsect1" id="seealso">

<h2>See Also</h2>

<p>

<a class="citerefentry" href="glBindTexture"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glBindTexture</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glCopyTexImage2D"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glCopyTexImage2D</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteTextures"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteTextures</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glGet"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glGetTexParameter"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGetTexParameter</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glTexImage2D"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glTexImage2D</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glTexImage3D"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glTexImage3D</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glTexParameter"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glTexParameter</span></span></a>

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<div class="refsect1" id="Copyright">

<h2>Copyright</h2>

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Copyright © 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Copyright © 2010-2014 Khronos Group.

This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License.

For details, see

<a class="link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.

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