(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_GetGamepadStringForType

Convert from an SDL_GamepadType enum to a string.

Header File

Syntax

const char* SDL_GetGamepadStringForType(SDL_GamepadType type);

Function Parameters

type

an enum value for a given SDL_GamepadType

Return Value

Returns a string for the given type, or NULL if an invalid type is specified. The string returned is of the format used by SDL_Gamepad mapping strings.

Remarks

The caller should not SDL_free() the returned string.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.