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GLSL 4
GLSL ES 3

# mix

## Name

mix — linearly interpolate between two values

## Declaration

`genType mix(` | genType x,
| genType y,
| genType a`)`;

`genType mix(` | genType x,
| genType y,
| float a`)`;

`genDType mix(` | genDType x,
| genDType y,
| genDType a`)`;

`genDType mix(` | genDType x,
| genDType y,
| double a`)`;

`genType mix(` | genType x,
| genType y,
| genBType a`)`;

`genDType mix(` | genDType x,
| genDType y,
| genBType a`)`;

`genIType mix(` | genIType x,
| genIType y,
| genBType a`)`;

`genUType mix(` | genUType x,
| genUType y,
| genBType a`)`;

`genBType mix(` | genBType x,
| genBType y,
| genBType a`)`;

## Parameters

`x`

  Specify the start of the range in which to interpolate.

`y`

  Specify the end of the range in which to interpolate.

`a`

  Specify the value to use to interpolate between `x` and `y`.

## Description

`mix` performs a linear interpolation between `x` and `y` using `a` to weight between them. The return value is computed as $x \times (1 - a) + y \times a$.

The variants of `mix` where `a` is `genBType` select which vector each returned component comes from. For a component of `a` that is false, the corresponding component of `x` is returned. For a component of `a` that is true, the corresponding component of `y` is returned. Components of `x` and `y` that are not selected are allowed to be invalid floating-point values and will have no effect on the results.

## Version Support

| OpenGL Shading Language Version
--- | ---
Function Name | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 3.30 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50
mix(genType) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔
mix(genDType) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔
mix(genIType), mix(genUType), mix(genBType) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✔

## See Also

min, max

## Copyright

Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999. https://opencontent.org/openpub/.

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