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11<H1>PADRead</H1>
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13<H2>Syntax</H2>
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15#include &lt;revolution/pad.h&gt;
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17#define PAD_CHAN0_BIT           0x80000000
18#define PAD_CHAN1_BIT           0x40000000
19#define PAD_CHAN2_BIT           0x20000000
20#define PAD_CHAN3_BIT           0x10000000
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22u32 PADRead(<A href="PADStatus.html">PADStatus</A>* status);
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25<H2>Arguments</H2>
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29<TH>status</TH>
30<TD>Array [<CODE>PAD_MAX_CONTROLLERS</CODE>] of <A href="PADStatus.html"><CODE>PADStatus</CODE></A> to be filled in. Each <SPAN class="argument">err</SPAN> member will hold <CODE>PAD_ERR_NONE</CODE> if the pad status is valid. Otherwise it holds another error status. If <CODE>PADRead</CODE> is called at a rate faster than the rate specified by <A href="../si/SISetSamplingRate.html"><CODE>SISetSamplingRate</CODE></A>, then only the first <CODE>PADRead</CODE> will return valid input values. The following calls to <CODE>PADRead</CODE> return <CODE>PAD_ERR_TRANSFER</CODE> until the next period.</TD>
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35<H2>Return Values</H2>
36<P>An OR-ed bit mask (<CODE>PAD_CHAN</CODE><I>n</I><CODE>_BIT</CODE>) of the controllers that support rumble motors.</P>
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38<H2>Description</H2>
39<P>Checks the state of controllers. The <CODE>PADRead</CODE> function gets an array of four pieces of <A href="PADStatus.html"><CODE>PADStatus</CODE></A> data to be used to read in the controller states. This function gets the state of all the pads at once.</P>
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41<H2>See Also</H2>
42<P class="reference">
43<A href="PADButtonDown.html">PADButtonDown</A>,
44<A href="PADButtonUp.html">PADButtonUp</A>,
45<A href="PADClamp.html">PADClamp</A>,
46<A href="PADInit.html">PADInit</A>,
47<A href="PADStatus.html">PADStatus</A>
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50<H2>Revision History</H2>
51<P>
522006/03/01 Initial version.<br>
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