# love.joystick.getNumButtons

Removed in LÖVE 0.9.0
It has been renamed to Joystick:getButtonCount.

Returns the number of buttons on the joystick.

## Function

### Synopsis

    buttons = love.joystick.getNumButtons( joystick )

### Arguments

`number joystick`
  The joystick to be checked

### Returns

`number buttons`
  The number of buttons available

## See Also

- love.joystick

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Category:

- Functions