SDL_GetJoystickVendorForID(3)

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version 3.4.18 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 SDL_GetJoystickVendorForID 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_GetJoystickVendorForID page from the SDL3 functions manual, and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, huge usefulness" ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GetJoystickVendorForID — bestie, this one snags you the USB vendor ID of a joystick, if it's available. no cap. 🎮

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_joystick.h>

Uint16 SDL_GetJoystickVendorForID(SDL_JoystickID instance_id);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea 🍵 — you can call this before any joysticks are opened. like, you don't have to crack anything open first, she's ready whenever.

and if the vendor ID isn't available? the function just hands you back 0. that's it. no drama, no crash, just a lil zero. 💀

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

  • instance_id — the joystick instance ID. like the lil name tag your controller wears at the party 🫶

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

she returns the USB vendor ID of the selected joystick. obsessed. 🔥

but heads up: if you call her with an invalid instance_id, you get 0 back. every time. so if you're getting a zero, do a lil vibe check on your ID, bestie. 🙈

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

it is safe to call this function from any thread. any of them. all of them. go wild, she's built different. ✨

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on 3.2.0 or later, you're so valid. 👑

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read those too, they're iconic in their own right. iykyk 💖

ngl if you skipped straight to the bottom, the whole thing is: pass an instance ID, get a Uint16 vendor ID, or 0 if it's not there or the ID's bogus. periodt. 💅

kisses and take care of yourself, bestie — this page came straight from the Simple Directmedia Layer crew, SDL 3.4.18 edition, and it's yours to love forever 🎀🦋💖

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