SDL_GetNumJoystickButtons(3)

💖 SDL_GetNumJoystickButtons 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, where today's main character is SDL_GetNumJoystickButtons — she's the one who tells you how many buttons your joystick is serving. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetNumJoystickButtons — get the number of buttons on a joystick. that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_joystick.h>

int SDL_GetNumJoystickButtons(SDL_Joystick *joystick);

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• joystick — an SDL_Joystick structure containing joystick information. like, hand her the joystick you're curious about and she'll do the rest, fr fr.

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🦋 RETURN VALUE 🦋

She returns the number of buttons on success, or -1 on failure. and if she fails? call SDL_GetError() for more info, because she's not gonna explain herself unprompted. 💀

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🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

It is safe to call this function from any thread. yes queen, thread-safe, go wild, no vibe check needed. 🫶

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, bestie, it's giving nothing. upgrade. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• SDL_GetJoystickButton(3)
• SDL_GetNumJoystickAxes(3)
• SDL_GetNumJoystickBalls(3)
• SDL_GetNumJoystickHats(3)

go read those too, they're all part of the same iconic friend group. 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this manual page came to you from Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18 — iconic behavior from the SDL girlies, as always. mwah. 💖✨🎀