# _mm256_movemask_ps

Extracts float32 sign mask. The corresponding Intel® AVX instruction is VMOVMSKPS.

## Syntax

extern int _mm256_movemask_ps(__m256 a;

## Arguments

a | float32 source vector

## Description

Performs an extract operation of sign bits from eight single-precision floating point elements (float32 elements) of the source vector a, and composes them into bitmasks.

## Returns

An integer bitmask of eight meaningful bits.

Parent topic: Intrinsics for Miscellaneous Operations