(.) 操作符访问矢量成员
Metal 也支持(.) 操作符来访问矢量成员, (.) 操作符后面跟随字符来表示坐标或者颜色: <Vector_data_type>.xyzw 或者 <Vector_data_type>.rgba。
示例代码如下
int4 test = int4(0, 1, 2, 3);
int a = test.x; // a = 0
int b = test.y; // b = 1
int c = test.z; // c = 2
int d = test.w; // d = 3
int e = test.r; // e = 0
int f = test.g; // f = 1
int g = test.b; // g = 2
int h = test.a; // h = 3
(.) 操作符也可以同时选择多个成员:
float4 c;
c.xyzw = float4(1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f);
c.z = 1.0f;
c.xy = float2(3.0f, 4.0f);
c.xyz = float3(3.0f, 4.0f, 5.0f);
应用(.)操作符来复制或者交换矢量成员:
float4 pos = float4(1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f);
float4 swiz = pos.wzyx; // swiz = (4.0f, 3.0f, 2.0f, 1.0f)
float4 dup = pos.xxyy; // dup = (1.0f, 1.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f)
应用(.)操作符给矢量成员复制, 当矢量成员成为左值(lvalue)的时候, 用来标示其成员索引的字母(xyzw或者rgba)是不可重复的:
float4 pos = float4(1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f);
// pos = (5.0, 2.0, 3.0, 6.0)
pos.xw = float2(5.0f, 6.0f);
// pos = (8.0, 2.0, 3.0, 7.0)
pos.wx = float2(7.0f, 8.0f);
// pos = (3.0, 5.0, 9.0, 7.0)
pos.xyz = float3(3.0f, 5.0f, 9.0f);