# _mm_broadcastb_epi8, _mm256_broadcastb_epi8

Take byte elements from the source operand and broadcast to all elements of the result vector. The corresponding Intel® AVX2 instruction is VPBROADCASTB.

## Syntax

extern __m128i _mm_broadcastb_epi8(__m128i val);

extern __m256i _mm256_broadcastb_epi8(__m128i val);

## Arguments

val | __m128i vector containing the elements to be broadcasted

## Description

Takes a byte integer in the low bits of the source operand and broadcasts to all elements of the result vector.

## Returns

Returns result of the broadcast operation.

Parent topic: Intrinsics for Broadcast Operations