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# Separate 4

Outputs each of the channels of a color4, vector4, or integer4 as individual float or integer outputs.

## Parameter Types

**Separate 4 (color4f):**

|Input|Type         |
                |-----|-------------|
                |`In` |Color4<Float>|

|Output|Type |
                |------|-----|
                |`r`   |Float|
                |`g`   |Float|
                |`b`   |Float|
                |`a`   |Float|

**Separate 4 (color4h):**

|Input|Type         |
                |-----|-------------|
                |`In` |Color4<Float>|

|Output|Type|
                |------|----|
                |`Outr`|Half|
                |`Outg`|Half|
                |`Outb`|Half|
                |`Outa`|Half|

**Separate 4 (vector4f):**

|Input|Type    |
                |-----|--------|
                |`In` |Vector4f|

|Output|Type |
                |------|-----|
                |`x`   |Float|
                |`y`   |Float|
                |`z`   |Float|
                |`w`   |Float|

**Separate 4 (vector4h):**

|Input|Type    |
                |-----|--------|
                |`In` |Vector4h|

|Output|Type|
                |------|----|
                |`Outx`|Half|
                |`Outy`|Half|
                |`Outz`|Half|
                |`Outw`|Half|

**Separate 2 (color4f):**

|Input|Type         |
                |-----|-------------|
                |`In` |Color4<Float>|

|Output  |Type         |
                |--------|-------------|
                |`Outrgb`|Color3<Float>|
                |`Outa`  |Float        |

**Separate 4:**

|Input|Type    |
                |-----|--------|
                |`In` |Integer4|

|Output|Type |
                |------|-----|
                |`Outx`|Int32|
                |`Outy`|Int32|
                |`Outz`|Int32|
                |`Outw`|Int32|

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