---
name: "SDL.blitSurface"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "libkaya-sdl-dev"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SDL.blitSurface"
---

# SDL.blitSurface(3kaya)

Copy from one surface to another

## NAME

SDL::blitSurface - Copy from one surface to another

## SYNOPSIS

**Void blitSurface(** *SDLSurface src, Rect srcrect, SDLSurface dest, Rect destrect* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**src** The source surface

**srcrect** The portion of the source surface to copy

**dest** The destination surface

**destrect** The location on the destination surface to copy to (the width and height of this rectangle are ignored)

## DESCRIPTION

Copy a rectangle of pixels from one surface to another, for example from a loaded image to the screen.

-

   screen = newSurface(640,480,BPP24,false);\
    pic = loadSurface("mypic.bmp");\
    blitSurface(pic,Rect(0,0,40,40),screen,Rect(200,200,px,py));\
    updateScreen(screen);

If you are copying to the screen surface, remember that these updates will not be displayed until you call **SDL.updateScreen (3kaya)**

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**SDL.Rect (3kaya)**

**SDL.loadSurface (3kaya)**

**SDL.newSurface (3kaya)**

**SDL.updateScreen (3kaya)**