any can explain the function of stride in bitmapdata?

Question

        Bitmap bit1 = new Bitmap( bmpimg , width , height );
        Bitmap bit2 = new Bitmap( bmp , width , height );

        Bitmap bmpresult = new Bitmap( width , height );

        BitmapData data1 = bit1.LockBits( new Rectangle( 0 , 0 , bit1.Width , bit1.Height ) , ImageLockMode.ReadWrite , PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb );
        BitmapData data2 = bit2.LockBits( new Rectangle( 0 , 0 , bit2.Width , bit2.Height ) , ImageLockMode.ReadWrite , PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb );
        BitmapData data3 = bmpresult.LockBits( new Rectangle( 0 , 0 , bmpresult.Width , bmpresult.Height ) , ImageLockMode.ReadWrite , PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb );

unsafe
        {
            int remain1 = data1.Stride - data1.Width * 3;
            int remain2 = data2.Stride - data2.Width * 3;
            int remain3 = data3.Stride - data3.Width * 3;


            byte* ptr1 = ( byte* )data1.Scan0;
            byte* ptr2 = ( byte* )data2.Scan0;
            byte* ptr3 = ( byte* )data3.Scan0;

            for( int i = 0 ; i < height ; i ++ )
            {
                for( int j = 0 ; j < width * 3 ; j ++ )
                {
                    ptr3[ 0 ] = ( byte ) ( XOR_Operator( ptr1[ 0 ] , ptr2[ 0 ] ) );
                    ptr1 ++;
                    ptr2 ++;
                    ptr3 ++;
                }

                ptr1 += remain1;
                ptr2 += remain2;
                ptr3 += remain3;
            }


        }

        bit1.UnlockBits( data1 );
        bit2.UnlockBits( data2 );
        bmpresult.UnlockBits( data3 );

        return bmpresult;
    }

is it necessary to get remain for data objects

Answer 1

Stride is there due to hardware requirements that have unfortunately leaked through to the API layer.

It is important because Windows drivers sometimes require that scanlines (rows in the image) be memory aligned. That is why they are sometimes larger than they would strictly need to be.

See for example this MSDN article DIBs and Their Use.

Every scanline is DWORD-aligned. The scanline is buffered to alignment; the buffering is not necessarily 0.

Your handling seems to be sufficient.

Answer 2

Stride is the number of bytes your code must iterate past to reach the next vertical pixel.

This may be different from the image's width * pixel size if hardware requires a width of a certain multiple.