---
title: "primitive(_:)"
framework: Compute Graph
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Method
platforms: [iOS 27.0+, iPadOS 27.0+, Mac Catalyst 27.0+, macOS 27.0+, tvOS 27.0+, visionOS 27.0+]
path: "computegraph/computenodegraph/valuetype/primitive(_:)"
---

# primitive(_:)

## Declaration

```swift
static func primitive(_ type: MTLDataType) -> ComputeNodeGraph.ValueType
```