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`toVectorTy` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<llvm/IR/VectorTypeUtils.h>`

Convert a scalar type to a vector type.


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    xref:llvm/ElementCount.adoc[ElementCount] EC);
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Convert a scalar type to a fixed‐length vector type.


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    unsigned int VF);
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== Return Value

* The vector type with element type `Scalar` and element count `EC,` or `Scalar` when it is void/metadata or `EC` is scalar.
* The fixed‐length vector type with element type `Scalar` and length `VF.`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *Scalar*
| Scalar (or void/metadata) type to widen.
| *EC*
| Element count of the resulting vector.
| *VF*
| Fixed vector length (number of elements).
|===


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