# VK_MAKE_API_VERSION(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_MAKE_API_VERSION - Construct an API version number

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## C Specification

`VK_MAKE_API_VERSION` constructs an API version number.

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    #define VK_MAKE_API_VERSION(variant, major, minor, patch) \
        ((((uint32_t)(variant)) << 29U) | (((uint32_t)(major)) << 22U) | (((uint32_t)(minor)) << 12U) | ((uint32_t)(patch)))

## Description

- `variant` is the variant number.

- `major` is the major version number.

- `minor` is the minor version number.

- `patch` is the patch version number.

## See Also

VK_API_VERSION, VK_API_VERSION_1_0, VK_API_VERSION_1_1, VK_API_VERSION_1_2, VK_API_VERSION_1_3, VK_API_VERSION_1_4, VK_HEADER_VERSION_COMPLETE, VK_VERSION_1_0, VkApplicationInfo, vkCreateInstance

## 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

Copyright 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0