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

Get the last error message that was set for the current thread.

## Header File

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

## Syntax

```c
char * SDL_GetErrorMsg(char *errstr, int maxlen);

```

## Function Parameters

|                |                                                                                  |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **errstr**     | A buffer to fill with the last error message that was set for the current thread |
| **maxlen**     | The size of the buffer pointed to by the errstr parameter                        |

## Return Value

Returns the pointer passed in as the `errstr` parameter.

## Remarks

This allows the caller to copy the error string into a provided buffer, but
otherwise operates exactly the same as [SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)().

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.14.

## See Also

* [SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryError](CategoryError)