SDL_GetSensorName(3)

✨ SDL_GetSensorName(3) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, this one's SDL_GetSensorName and it's lowkey adorable 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GetSensorName — get the implementation dependent name of a sensor.

like. it tells you what your sensor is called. the name the implementation gave it. that's the whole gig 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <SDL3/SDL_sensor.h>

const char * SDL_GetSensorName(SDL_Sensor *sensor);

she's short, she's sweet, she takes one pointer and hands you back a const char * ✨

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💖 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 💖

• sensor — the SDL_Sensor object. that's it. that's the whole ask. your lil sensor guy 🫶

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🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

Returns the sensor name, or NULL on failure 😭 — and if you get NULL, don't just sit there spiraling, call SDL_GetError() for more information, she'll tell you what went wrong, no cap.

fr fr: NULL is the vibe check failing. always check the error before you start guessing 🙈

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, bestie, that's a no 💀

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and that's the whole page, you ate it, periodt 👑

Simple Directmedia Layer — SDL 3.4.18 💜 mwah, go name some sensors, i'm obsessed with you 🧚✨