SDL_GetScancodeFromName(3)

💖 SDL_GetScancodeFromName 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual, and it's literally all about turning a cute lil human-readable name into a scancode. yes. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetScancodeFromName — bestie, it gets you a scancode from a human-readable name. that's it, that's the gig 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_keyboard.h>

SDL_Scancode SDL_GetScancodeFromName(const char *name);

like, look at her. so clean. so iconic. 👑

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🌸 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🌸

• name — the human-readable scancode name. yes queen, you just hand her a name that a whole entire human can read, and she does the rest 💖

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

she hands you back the SDL_Scancode, obviously. but not me when the name wasn't recognized — then you get SDL_SCANCODE_UNKNOWN instead 😭 and if you wanna know why it flopped, call SDL_GetError() for more information. she always tells you what went wrong. communication queen fr fr 🫶

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🦋 THREAD SAFETY 🦋

this function is not thread safe, bestie. do not pass her around the group chat from multiple threads at the same time. she's a one-conversation-at-a-time kind of girl 💀

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0 ✨ so if you're on anything older, it's giving not found, iykyk.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_GetKeyFromName(3)
• SDL_GetScancodeFromKey(3)
• SDL_GetScancodeName(3)

the whole friend group, all linked up 🧚💜

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and that's the page, bestie!! brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer 🌈 — SDL 3.4.18 era, and this is the SDL_GetScancodeFromName(3) girl herself signing off 💅🎀 bye mwah 😘