al_get_num_joysticks(3)

💖 al_get_num_joysticks(3) 💖

okay so this is the al_get_num_joysticks(3) page, straight out of the Library Functions Manual — and no cap, it's giving "tiny but important Allegro 5 API moment" ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

al_get_num_joysticks — the Allegro 5 API call that tells you how many joysticks are around 🎮

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_num_joysticks(void)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie, this one returns the number of joysticks currently on the system — or potentially on the system. literally that's the whole vibe 💅

The number can change after al_reconfigure_joysticks(3) is called, in order to support hotplugging. so yeah, the count is not frozen forever, and that's on purpose 🔥

It returns 0 if there is no joystick driver installed. zero joysticks, zero drama, just 0 😭

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• al_get_joystick(3)
• al_get_joystick_active(3)

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and that's the page, bestie 🫶 source/version: Allegro reference manual — date? not a single one on this page, so we're signing off with the title al_get_num_joysticks(3) and a whole lot of sparkle 🎀✨💖