---
title: stride
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: metal/mtlarraytype/stride
---

# stride

The stride between array elements, in bytes.

## Declaration

```swift
var stride: Int { get }
```

## See Also

### Describing the array elements

- [arrayLength](metal/mtlarraytype/arraylength.md)
- [elementType](metal/mtlarraytype/elementtype.md)
- [argumentIndexStride](metal/mtlarraytype/argumentindexstride.md)