VK_API_VERSION_VARIANT(3)

# VK_API_VERSION_VARIANT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_API_VERSION_VARIANT - Extract API variant number

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## C Specification

`VK_API_VERSION_VARIANT` extracts the API variant number from a packed version number:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    #define VK_API_VERSION_VARIANT(version) ((uint32_t)(version) >> 29U)

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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