SDL_GetSensorData(3)

💖 SDL_GetSensorData(3) — SDL3 FUNCTIONS 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the SDL_GetSensorData(3) page 🎀 this is literally the one that reads your sensor's current vibe, no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetSensorData — get the current state of an opened sensor.

like... the tea. the current situation. the readings. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_sensor.h>

bool SDL_GetSensorData(SDL_Sensor *sensor, float *data, int num_values);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the thing, bestie: the number of values and the interpretation of the data is sensor dependent. like, every sensor is its own main character and fills things in however it wants. it's giving "read the docs for your specific sensor, iykyk". 👑

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🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

• sensor — the SDL_Sensor object you wanna query. the one you're asking "hey what's ur status rn" 💜
• data — a pointer that gets filled with the current sensor state. it's the lil container the answers go into 🍓
• num_values — the number of values to write to data. like, how many slots you're giving it ✨

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

returns true on success or false on failure 😭 and if it fails, bestie, call SDL_GetError() for more information — that's where the explanation lives fr fr.

no cap: false means something went wrong, so don't just sit there, go ask SDL_GetError() what happened 🙈

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, it's literally not gonna be there 💀

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and that's the whole page, babe — every flag, every parameter, every return value, all accounted for. periodt. 💅

this has been SDL_GetSensorData(3) from the Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18 🎀 mwah, go read your sensors, ily 🦋💖