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						Specifies what kind of primitives to render. Symbolic constants <tt>GL_POINTS</tt>,
						<tt>GL_LINE_STRIP</tt>, <tt>GL_LINE_LOOP</tt>, <tt>GL_LINES</tt>,
						<tt>GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP</tt>, <tt>GL_TRIANGLE_FAN</tt>,
						<tt>GL_TRIANGLES</tt>, <tt>GL_QUAD_STRIP</tt>, <tt>GL_QUADS</tt>, and
						<tt>GL_POLYGON</tt> are accepted.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><i><tt>first</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
						Specifies the starting index in the enabled arrays.
					</dd><dt><span class="term"><i><tt>count</tt></i></span></dt><dd>
						Specifies the number of indices to be rendered.
					</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glDrawArrays.3G-description"/><h2>Description</h2><p>
			<tt>glDrawArrays</tt> specifies multiple geometric primitives with very few subroutine calls. Instead of
			calling a GL procedure to pass each individual vertex, normal, texture coordinate, edge flag, or color, you can
			prespecify separate arrays of vertexes, normals, and colors and use them to construct a sequence of primitives with a
			single call to <tt>glDrawArrays</tt>.
		</p><p>
			When <tt>glDrawArrays</tt> is called, it uses <i><tt>count</tt></i> sequential elements from each
			enabled array to construct a sequence of geometric primitives, beginning with element <i><tt>first</tt></i>.
			<i><tt>mode</tt></i> specifies what kind of primitives are constructed, and how the array elements construct
			those primitives. If <tt>GL_VERTEX_ARRAY</tt> is not enabled, no geometric primitives are generated.
		</p><p>
			Vertex attributes that are modified by <tt>glDrawArrays</tt> have an unspecified value after
			<tt>glDrawArrays</tt> returns. For example, if <tt>GL_COLOR_ARRAY</tt> is enabled, the value of
			the current color is undefined after <tt>glDrawArrays</tt> executes. Attributes that aren't modified remain
			well defined.
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glDrawArrays.3G-notes"/><h2>Notes</h2><p>
			<tt>glDrawArrays</tt> is available only if the GL version is 1.1 or greater.
		</p><p>
			<tt>glDrawArrays</tt> is included in display lists. If <tt>glDrawArrays</tt> is entered into a
			display list, the necessary array data (determined by the array pointers and enables) is also entered into the display
			list. Because the array pointers and enables are client-side state, their values affect display lists when the lists
			are created, not when the lists are executed.
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glDrawArrays.3G-errors"/><h2>Errors</h2><p>
			<tt>GL_INVALID_ENUM</tt> is generated if <i><tt>mode</tt></i> is not an accepted value.
		</p><p>
			<tt>GL_INVALID_VALUE</tt> is generated if <i><tt>count</tt></i> is negative.
		</p><p>
			<tt>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</tt> is generated if <tt>glDrawArrays</tt> is executed between the
			execution of <a href="glBegin.3G.xml"><tt>glBegin</tt></a> and the corresponding <a href="glBegin.3G.xml"><tt>glEnd</tt></a>.
		</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="glDrawArrays.3G-see_also"/><h2>See Also</h2><p>
			<span class="simplelist"><a href="glArrayElement.3G.xml">glArrayElement</a>, <a href="glColorPointer.3G.xml">glColorPointer</a>, <a href="glDrawElements.3G.xml">glDrawElements</a>, <a href="glDrawRangeElements.3G.xml">glDrawRangeElements</a>, <a href="glEdgeFlagPointer.3G.xml">glEdgeFlagPointer</a>, <a href="glGetPointerv.3G.xml">glGetPointerv</a>, <a href="glIndexPointer.3G.xml">glIndexPointer</a>, <a href="glInterleavedArrays.3G.xml">glInterleavedArrays</a>, <a href="glNormalPointer.3G.xml">glNormalPointer</a>, <a href="glTexCoordPointer.3G.xml">glTexCoordPointer</a>, <a href="glVertexPointer.3G.xml">glVertexPointer</a></span>
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