glClearStencil

The glClearStencil function specifies the clear value for the stencil buffer.

void glClearStencil(
  GLint s);

Parameters

  • s
    The index used when the stencil buffer is cleared. The default value is zero.

Remarks

The glClearStencil function specifies the index used by glClear to clear the stencil buffer. The s parameter is masked with 2*m* 1, where m is the number of bits in the stencil buffer.

The following functions retrieve information related to the glClearStencil function:

glGet with argument GL_STENCIL_CLEAR_VALUE

glGet with argument GL_STENCIL_BITS

Error Codes

The following is the error code generated and its condition.

Error code Condition
GL_INVALID_OPERATION glClearStencil was called between a call to glBegin and the corresponding call to glEnd.

Requirements

**  Windows NT/2000:** Requires Windows NT 3.5 or later.
**  Windows 95/98:** Requires Windows 95 or later. Available as a redistributable for Windows 95.
**  Header:** Declared in Gl.h.
**  Library:** Use Opengl32.lib.

See Also

glBegin, glClear, glEnd, glGet