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.TH DAT_ID 3alleg4 "version 4.4.2" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
DAT_ID \- Makes an ID value from four letters. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B Macro DAT_ID(a, b, c, d);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Every object or property in a datafile is identified by a 4 letter ID,
which can be created with this macro. For example, to access the NAME
property of a datafile object, you could use:

.nf
   get_datafile_property(datob, DAT_ID('N','A','M','E'));
   
.fi


.SH SEE ALSO
.BR register_datafile_object (3alleg4),
.BR get_datafile_property (3alleg4)