(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_NumJoysticks

Count the number of joysticks attached to the system.

Header File

Defined in SDL_joystick.h

Syntax

int SDL_NumJoysticks(void);

Return Value

Returns the number of attached joysticks on success or a negative error code on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_JoystickName
• SDL_JoystickPath
• SDL_JoystickOpen

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryJoystick