SDL_GetGamepadPlayerIndex(3)

💖 SDL_GetGamepadPlayerIndex(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_GetGamepadPlayerIndex — the girl who tells you which player you are. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetGamepadPlayerIndex — get the player index of an opened gamepad 🎮

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_gamepad.h>

int SDL_GetGamepadPlayerIndex(SDL_Gamepad *gamepad);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, for XInput gamepads this returns the XInput user index. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• gamepad — the gamepad object you wanna query, bestie. the lil guy you're asking about. 🫶

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the player index for gamepad, or -1 if it's not available. 😭

ngl if you get a -1 back, the index just isn't available — that's the whole story, don't read into it.

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread. periodt. 🔥 go wild, queen, every thread can ask. 👑

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. iconic behavior fr fr. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_SetGamepadPlayerIndex(3) — the setter, the other half of the duo 💜

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