<div class="refentry"><a id="glGenVertexArrays"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>glGenVertexArrays — generate vertex array object names</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>C Specification</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table class="funcprototype-table" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <strong class="fsfunc">glGenVertexArrays</strong>(</code></td><td>GLsizei <var class="pdparam">n</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>GLuint *<var class="pdparam">arrays</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>n</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>

Specifies the number of vertex array object names to generate.

</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>arrays</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>

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

</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>

<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.

</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p>

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

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<div class="refsect1"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>

<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>

</p></div><div class="refsect1"><div id="Copyright"><h2>Copyright</h2><p>

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