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<h2>Name</h2>

<p>glGenVertexArrays — generate vertex array object names</p>

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<h2>C Specification</h2>

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

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

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<td>GLuint *<var class="pdparam">arrays</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 vertex array object names to generate.

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<code>arrays</code>

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Specifies an array in which the generated vertex array object names are stored.

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<h2>Description</h2>

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<code class="function">glGenVertexArrays</code> returns <em class="parameter"><code>n</code></em> vertex array object names in <em class="parameter"><code>arrays</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">glGenVertexArrays</code>.

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Vertex array object names returned by a call to <code class="function">glGenVertexArrays</code> are not returned by subsequent calls, unless

they are first deleted with <a class="citerefentry" href="glDeleteVertexArrays"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDeleteVertexArrays</span></span></a>.

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

but they acquire state and type only when they are first bound.

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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="glIsVertexArray"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsVertexArray</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>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: center; border-right: 2px solid ; ">✔</td>

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

<h2>See Also</h2>

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

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

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

<h2>Copyright</h2>

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Copyright © 2010-2014 Khronos Group.

This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in

the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.

<a class="link" href="https://opencontent.org/openpub/" target="_top">https://opencontent.org/openpub/</a>.

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