SDL_JoystickOpen(3)

NAME

SDL_JoystickOpen - Opens a joystick for use.

#include "SDL.h"

SDL_Joystick *SDL_JoystickOpen(int index);

Opens a joystick for use within SDL. The index refers to the N'th joystick in the system. A joystick must be opened before it game be used.

Returns a SDL_Joystick structure on success. NULL on failure.

SDL_Joystick *joy; // Check for joystick if(SDL_NumJoysticks()>0){: // Open joystick
joy=SDL_JoystickOpen(0);; if(joy)
{
printf("Opened Joystick 0; ");
printf("Name: %s; ", SDL_JoystickName(0));
printf("Number of Axes: %d; ", SDL_JoystickNumAxes(joy));
printf("Number of Buttons: %d; ", SDL_JoystickNumButtons(joy));
printf("Number of Balls: %d; ", SDL_JoystickNumBalls(joy));
}
else
printf("Couldn't open Joystick 0

");

// Close if opened
if(SDL_JoystickOpened(0))
SDL_JoystickClose(joy);

}