al_get_allegro_version(3)

NAME

al_get_allegro_version - Allegro 5 API

SYNOPSIS

    #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
    uint32_t al_get_allegro_version(void)

DESCRIPTION

Returns the (compiled) version of the Allegro library, packed into a single integer as groups of 8 bits in the form (major << 24) | (minor << 16) | (revision << 8) | release.

You can use code like this to extract them:

    uint32_t version = al_get_allegro_version();
    int major = version >> 24;
    int minor = (version >> 16) & 255;
    int revision = (version >> 8) & 255;
    int release = version & 255;

The release number is 0 for an unofficial version and 1 or greater for an official release. For example “5.0.2[1]” would be the (first) official 5.0.2 release while “5.0.2[0]” would be a compile of a version from the “5.0.2” branch before the official release.