NAME¶

SDL_GetNumJoystickAxes - Get the number of general axis controls on a joystick.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_joystick.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

int SDL_GetNumJoystickAxes(SDL_Joystick *joystick);

DESCRIPTION¶

Often, the directional pad on a game controller will either look like 4 separate buttons or a POV hat, and not axes, but all of this is up to the device and platform.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

joystick

an SDL_Joystick
structure containing joystick information.

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns the number of axis controls/number of axes on success or -1 on failure; call SDL_GetError () for more information.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_GetJoystickAxis(3), •(3), SDL_GetNumJoystickBalls(3), •(3), SDL_GetNumJoystickButtons(3), •(3), SDL_GetNumJoystickHats(3)