###### (This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current development version.)
# SDL_GameControllerName

Get the implementation-dependent name for an opened game controller.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_gamecontroller.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_gamecontroller.h)

## Syntax

```c
const char* SDL_GameControllerName(SDL_GameController *gamecontroller);

```

## Function Parameters

|                        |                                                                                                        |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **gamecontroller**     | a game controller identifier previously returned by [SDL_GameControllerOpen](SDL_GameControllerOpen)() |

## Return Value

Returns the implementation dependent name for the game controller, or NULL
if there is no name or the identifier passed is invalid.

## Remarks

This is the same name as returned by
[SDL_GameControllerNameForIndex](SDL_GameControllerNameForIndex)(), but it
takes a controller identifier instead of the (unstable) device index.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

## See Also

* [SDL_GameControllerNameForIndex](SDL_GameControllerNameForIndex)
* [SDL_GameControllerOpen](SDL_GameControllerOpen)

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