---
title: simd_short3
framework: simd
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
path: simd/simd_short3
---

# simd_short3

A vector of three 16-bit signed integer elements.

## Declaration

```swift
typealias simd_short3 = SIMD3<Int16>
```

## Topics

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

- [simd_make_short3(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:)-c59z.md)
- [simd_make_short3(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:)-gyam.md)
- [simd_make_short3(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:)-x9n1.md)
- [simd_make_short3(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:)-1capt.md)
- [simd_make_short3(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:)-9l6v8.md)
- [simd_make_short3(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:)-70om7.md)
- [simd_make_short3_undef(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3_undef(_:)-87ju7.md)

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

- [simd_make_short3(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:)-2ux4i.md)
- [simd_make_short3(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:_:_:).md)
- [simd_make_short3_undef(_:)](simd/simd_make_short3_undef(_:)-5n83n.md)

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

- [simd_make_short3(_:_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:_:)-7dmp4.md)
- [simd_make_short3(_:_:)](simd/simd_make_short3(_:_:)-9bk9v.md)

### Common Functions

- [simd_abs(_:)](simd/simd_abs(_:)-8d6jr.md)
- [simd_clamp(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_clamp(_:_:_:)-7wmh7.md)
- [simd_equal(_:_:)](simd/simd_equal(_:_:)-40ux3.md)

### Reduce Functions

- [simd_reduce_min(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_min(_:)-466g9.md)
- [simd_reduce_max(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_max(_:)-4hewh.md)
- [simd_reduce_add(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_add(_:)-2v1tf.md)

### Extrema Functions

- [simd_min(_:_:)](simd/simd_min(_:_:)-9vz62.md)
- [simd_max(_:_:)](simd/simd_max(_:_:)-8id6w.md)

### Logic and Bitwise Functions

- [simd_any(_:)](simd/simd_any(_:)-69f7s.md)
- [simd_all(_:)](simd/simd_all(_:)-1ahau.md)
- [simd_bitselect(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_bitselect(_:_:_:)-8m8ti.md)

### Alternative Type Alias

- [vector_short3](simd/vector_short3.md)

## See Also

### Vector Data Types

- [simd_short1](simd/simd_short1.md)
- [simd_short2](simd/simd_short2.md)
- [simd_short4](simd/simd_short4.md)
- [simd_short8](simd/simd_short8.md)
- [simd_short16](simd/simd_short16.md)
- [simd_short32](simd/simd_short32.md)