### Method

# GLib Variant get_fixed_array

since: 2.24

#### Declaration

    gconstpointer
    g_variant_get_fixed_array (
      GVariant* value,
      gsize* n_elements,
      gsize element_size
    )

#### Description

Provides access to the serialized data for an array of fixed-sized items.

`value` must be an array with fixed-sized elements. Numeric types are fixed-size, as are tuples containing only other fixed-sized types.

`element_size` must be the size of a single element in the array, as given by the section on [serialized data memory][gvariant-serialized-data-memory].

In particular, arrays of these fixed-sized types can be interpreted as an array of the given C type, with `element_size` set to the size the appropriate type: - `G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT16` (etc.): #gint16 (etc.) - `G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN`: #guchar (not #gboolean!) - `G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE`: #guint8 - `G_VARIANT_TYPE_HANDLE`: #guint32 - `G_VARIANT_TYPE_DOUBLE`: #gdouble

For example, if calling this function for an array of 32-bit integers, you might say `sizeof(gint32)`. This value isn’t used except for the purpose of a double-check that the form of the serialized data matches the caller’s expectation.

`n_elements`, which must be non-`NULL`, is set equal to the number of items in the array.

Available since: 2.24

This method is not directly available to language bindings.

#### Parameters

`n_elements`

  Type: `gsize*`

  A pointer to the location to store the number of items.

  The argument will be set by the function.

`element_size`

  Type: `gsize`

  The size of each element.

#### Return value

Type: An array of `gconstpointer`

A pointer to the fixed array.

The length of the array is in the `n_elements` argument.