SDL_JoystickName(3)

👑 SDL_JoystickName(3) — the SDL API Reference, bestie edition ✨

okay so you're in the SDL API Reference and you want to know what your joystick is called?? say less 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_JoystickName — get joystick name 🎮✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include "SDL.h"

const char *SDL_JoystickName(int index);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Get the implementation dependent name of joystick. not like, the name you gave it in your head, the name the implementation decides, okay?? that's the vibe 🫶

The index parameter refers to the N'th joystick on the system — so it's giving "which one tho" energy, and index is how you tell it 👑

✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

Returns a char pointer to the joystick name. a pointer, bestie. to the name. that's it, that's the whole return value, slay 🌈

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

Print the names of all attached joysticks 🖨️💖

/* Print the names of all attached joysticks */
int num_joy, i;
num_joy=SDL_NumJoysticks();
printf("%d joysticks found
", num_joy);
for(i=0;i<num_joy;i++)
  printf("%s
", SDL_JoystickName(i));

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• SDL_JoystickOpen — go open that thing fr fr 🔥

not me literally handing you the entire joystick lore with zero gatekeeping 🧚 no cap, this page ate 💀

SDL · Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:00 · SDL_JoystickName(3) — mwah, ily, go name some joysticks 🎀🦋💅