# SDL_CreateGPUSampler

Creates a sampler object to be used when binding textures in a graphics workflow.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_gpu.h)

## Syntax

```c
SDL_GPUSampler * SDL_CreateGPUSampler(
    SDL_GPUDevice *device,
    const SDL_GPUSamplerCreateInfo *createinfo);
```

## Function Parameters

|                                                              |                |                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| [SDL_GPUDevice](SDL_GPUDevice) *                             | **device**     | a GPU Context.                                          |
| const [SDL_GPUSamplerCreateInfo](SDL_GPUSamplerCreateInfo) * | **createinfo** | a struct describing the state of the sampler to create. |

## Return Value

([SDL_GPUSampler](SDL_GPUSampler) *) Returns a sampler object on success,
or NULL on failure; call [SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)() for more
information.

## Remarks

There are optional properties that can be provided through `props`. These
are the supported properties:

- [`SDL_PROP_GPU_SAMPLER_CREATE_NAME_STRING`](SDL_PROP_GPU_SAMPLER_CREATE_NAME_STRING):
  a name that can be displayed in debugging tools.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

## See Also

- [SDL_BindGPUVertexSamplers](SDL_BindGPUVertexSamplers)
- [SDL_BindGPUFragmentSamplers](SDL_BindGPUFragmentSamplers)
- [SDL_ReleaseGPUSampler](SDL_ReleaseGPUSampler)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryGPU](CategoryGPU)

