---
title: simd_char3
framework: simd
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
path: simd/simd_char3
---

# simd_char3

A vector of three 8-bit signed integer elements.

## Declaration

```swift
typealias simd_char3 = SIMD3<CChar>
```

## Topics

### Functions to Create Three-Element Vectors From Other Vectors

- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-7hn14.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-7l2ch.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-81dqq.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-6wpri.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-7kwml.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-5pt8h.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-2kabv.md)
- [simd_make_char3_undef(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3_undef(_:)-3pbpb.md)

### Functions to Create Three-Element Vectors From Scalar Values

- [simd_make_char3(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:)-9zbpd.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:_:_:).md)
- [simd_make_char3_undef(_:)](simd/simd_make_char3_undef(_:)-866v6.md)

### Functions to Create Three-Element Vectors From Combinations of Vectors and Scalar Values

- [simd_make_char3(_:_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:_:)-5c5ds.md)
- [simd_make_char3(_:_:)](simd/simd_make_char3(_:_:)-9qv2s.md)

### Common Functions

- [simd_abs(_:)](simd/simd_abs(_:)-8d1l3.md)
- [simd_clamp(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_clamp(_:_:_:)-5xm9q.md)
- [simd_equal(_:_:)](simd/simd_equal(_:_:)-ymae.md)

### Reduce Functions

- [simd_reduce_min(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_min(_:)-461hl.md)
- [simd_reduce_max(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_max(_:)-4h9pt.md)
- [simd_reduce_add(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_add(_:)-2uwqb.md)

### Extrema Functions

- [simd_min(_:_:)](simd/simd_min(_:_:)-93d9y.md)
- [simd_max(_:_:)](simd/simd_max(_:_:)-5fzu7.md)

### Logic and Bitwise Functions

- [simd_any(_:)](simd/simd_any(_:)-69a7c.md)
- [simd_all(_:)](simd/simd_all(_:)-1aml2.md)
- [simd_bitselect(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_bitselect(_:_:_:)-4kbjh.md)

### Alternative Type Alias

- [vector_char3](simd/vector_char3.md)

## See Also

### Vector Data Types

- [simd_char1](simd/simd_char1.md)
- [simd_char2](simd/simd_char2.md)
- [simd_char4](simd/simd_char4.md)
- [simd_char8](simd/simd_char8.md)
- [simd_char16](simd/simd_char16.md)
- [simd_char32](simd/simd_char32.md)
- [simd_char64](simd/simd_char64.md)