SDL_GETJOYSTICKPRODUCTVERSION(3)

💖 SDL_GetJoystickProductVersion 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the joystick lore page 🎮✨ this is SDL_GetJoystickProductVersion, a function from the SDL3 crew, and it's about to tell you the product version of an opened joystick — if it even has one. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_joystick.h>

Uint16 SDL_GetJoystickProductVersion(SDL_Joystick *joystick);

no cap, that's the whole vibe. one include, one function call, one Uint16 coming back at you 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, the way this works is: if the product version isn't available, this function just returns 0. that's it. that's the tea ☕

it's giving "no data, no drama" fr fr.

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• joystick — the SDL_Joystick you got from SDL_OpenJoystick(). yes, it has to be opened first, bestie, we don't do unopened joysticks around here 🙈

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

returns the product version of the selected joystick 🎉 …or 0 if it's simply not available. iconic either way, ngl.

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

it is safe to call this function from any thread. periodt. go wild, spawn all the threads you want, she's chill 💜

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0 👑 so if you're on anything older, sorry babe, no product version for you 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• SDL_GetJoystickProductVersionForID(3) — the sibling function, go say hi 💖

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and that's the whole page!! mwah 😘 this lil writeup came to you courtesy of Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL version 3.4.18, and it's the SDL_GetJoystickProductVersion(3) page — slay, bye bestie, go read your joystick versions 🎀✨💅