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

Convert from an [SDL_GameControllerButton](SDL_GameControllerButton) enum to a string.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_gamecontroller.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_gamecontroller.h), but apps should _only_ `#include "SDL.h"`!

## Syntax

```c
const char* SDL_GameControllerGetStringForButton(SDL_GameControllerButton button);

```

## Function Parameters

|                |                                                                                |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **button**     | an enum value for a given [SDL_GameControllerButton](SDL_GameControllerButton) |

## Return Value

Returns a string for the given button, or NULL if an invalid button is
specified. The string returned is of the format used by
[SDL_GameController](SDL_GameController) mapping strings.

## Remarks

The caller should not [SDL_free](SDL_free)() the returned string.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

## See Also

* [SDL_GameControllerGetButtonFromString](SDL_GameControllerGetButtonFromString)

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