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author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
date Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:18:15 +0000
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>SDL_JoystickOpen</H1
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>SDL_JoystickOpen&nbsp;--&nbsp;Opens a joystick for use.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>SDL_Joystick *<B
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>SDL_JoystickOpen</B
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>(int index);</CODE
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>Opens a joystick for use within SDL. The <TT
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> refers to the N'th joystick in the system. A joystick must be opened before it game be used.</P
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>SDL_Joystick *joy;
// Check for joystick
if(SDL_NumJoysticks()&#62;0){
  // Open joystick
  joy=SDL_JoystickOpen(0);
  
  if(joy)
  {
    printf("Opened Joystick 0\n");
    printf("Name: %s\n", SDL_JoystickName(0));
    printf("Number of Axes: %d\n", SDL_JoystickNumAxes(joy));
    printf("Number of Buttons: %d\n", SDL_JoystickNumButtons(joy));
    printf("Number of Balls: %d\n", SDL_JoystickNumBalls(joy));
  }
  else
    printf("Couldn't open Joystick 0\n");
  
  // Close if opened
  if(SDL_JoystickOpened(0))
    SDL_JoystickClose(joy);
}</PRE
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