---
title: "setComputePipelineStates(_:range:)"
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "metal/mtlargumentencoder/setcomputepipelinestates(_:range:)"
---

# setComputePipelineStates(_:range:)

Encodes references to an array of compute pipeline states into the argument buffer.

## Declaration

```swift
func setComputePipelineStates(_ pipelines: [(any MTLComputePipelineState)?], range: Range<Int>)
```

## Parameters

- `pipelines`: An array of pipeline states the method encodes.
- `range`: A range of indices within the argument buffer for each element in pipelines. The values correspond to either the index IDs of declarations in Metal Shading Language (MSL) or the doc://com.apple.metal/documentation/Metal/MTLArgumentDescriptor/index property of doc://com.apple.metal/documentation/Metal/MTLArgumentDescriptor instances.

## See Also

### Encoding pipeline states

- [setRenderPipelineState(_:index:)](metal/mtlargumentencoder/setrenderpipelinestate(_:index:).md)
- [setRenderPipelineStates(_:range:)](metal/mtlargumentencoder/setrenderpipelinestates(_:range:).md)
- [setComputePipelineState(_:index:)](metal/mtlargumentencoder/setcomputepipelinestate(_:index:).md)
- [setComputePipelineStates(_:with:)](metal/mtlargumentencoder/setcomputepipelinestates(_:with:).md)
- [setComputePipelineState(_:at:)](metal/mtlargumentencoder/setcomputepipelinestate(_:at:).md)