gluErrorString
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## Name

gluErrorString — produce an error string from a GL or GLU error code

## C Specification

`const GLubyte *`gluErrorString`` | `(` | `GLenum `error`);`

## Python Specification

``gluErrorString`` | `(` | ``error`) → `string``

## Parameters

`error`
  Specifies a GL or GLU error code.

## Description

`gluErrorString` produces an error string from a GL or GLU error code. The string is in ISO Latin 1 format. For example, `gluErrorString`(`GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY`) returns the string `out of memory`.

The standard GLU error codes are `GLU_INVALID_ENUM`, `GLU_INVALID_VALUE`, and `GLU_OUT_OF_MEMORY`. Certain other GLU functions can return specialized error codes through callbacks. See the `glGetError` reference page for the list of GL error codes.

## Errors

``NULL`` is returned if `error` is not a valid GL or GLU error code.

## See Also

glGetError, gluNurbsCallback, gluQuadricCallback, gluTessCallback

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