Pygame only recognizing one joystick in 2 joystick controller

Question

I'm making code where I connect my bluetooth controller (PS4) and route it to certain commands with pygame, I want to use both joysticks but I apparently can only use one!

import pygame

pygame.init()
pygame.joystick.init()

# List the available joystick devices
for i in range(pygame.joystick.get_count()):
    print(f"Joystick {i}: {pygame.joystick.Joystick(i).get_name()}")

It gives me this:

Joystick 0: PS4 Controller

Why can't I use Joystick 1, and 0?

Answer 1

import pygame

pygame.init()
pygame.joystick.init()

# List the available joystick devices
joysticks = [pygame.joystick.Joystick(i) for i in range(pygame.joystick.get_count())]

# Initialize all detected joysticks
for joystick in joysticks:
    joystick.init()
    print(f"Joystick {joystick.get_id()}: {joystick.get_name()}")

times = 0
# Example: Print the position of the left and right analog sticks for all detected joysticks
while True:
    pygame.event.get()
    for joystick in joysticks:
        left_x_axis = joystick.get_axis(0)
        left_y_axis = joystick.get_axis(1)
        right_x_axis = joystick.get_axis(2)
        right_y_axis = joystick.get_axis(3)

        print(f"Left Joystick: X={left_x_axis}, Y={left_y_axis}, Right Joystick: X={right_x_axis}, Y={right_y_axis}")

I used a different method that works. Basically instead of asking to see if it exists, I made one variable equal 2 joysticks, making it so that I can split that variable into 2 joysticks.