al_get_joystick_num_buttons(3alleg5)

✨ al_get_joystick_num_buttons ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Allegro 5 API section of the Allegro reference manual and today's main character is a tiny little function that just counts buttons for you 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

al_get_joystick_num_buttons — the Allegro 5 API function that tells you how many buttons your joystick has 🎮✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

int al_get_joystick_num_buttons(ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK *joy)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Return the number of buttons on the joystick. That's it, that's the whole vibe. You hand it a joystick, it hands you back an int with the button count, no drama, no cap 🫶

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• al_get_joystick_num_sticks(3alleg5) — for when you're like "okay but how many sticks tho" 🕹️

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not me making a whole fanpage for a one-line function 😭 but honestly? iconic. it does one job and it does it flawlessly. periodt. 👑

k byeee, this has been the al_get_joystick_num_buttons page from the Allegro reference manual, Allegro 5 era, al_get_joystick_num_buttons(3alleg5), mwah 💋