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Description:

Select the group's leader. Group locality can be checked with local command and group ownership with groupOwner command.

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An invalid combination can be provided to this command, e.g unitName not being part of group. In that case:

unitName will be leader of group, but will not be able to command them
if unitName is deleted or killed, leader of group will be objNull and will not automatically be reassigned.

Groups:

Groups

Example 1:: group player selectLeader player;
Example 2:: Make unit a leader from server:
[group _unit, _unit] remoteExec ["selectLeader", groupOwner group _unit];

See also:: commandFollow doFollow formationLeader formLeader isFormationLeader leader setLeader

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-<h2 style="color:#000066">''''' selectLeader '''''</h2>
+|game3= arma2
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+|version4= 1.50
-'''Operand types:'''
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-'''Compatibility:'''
+|gr1= Groups
-'''Description:'''
+|arg= local
+|eff= global
-'''Example:'''
+|descr= Select the group's leader. Group locality can be checked with [[local]] command and group ownership with [[groupOwner]] command.
+{{Feature | important | An invalid combination can be provided to this command, e.g ''unitName'' '''not''' being part of ''group''. In that case:
+* ''unitName'' will be [[leader]] of ''group'', but will not be able to command them
+* if ''unitName'' is deleted or killed, [[leader]] of ''group'' will be [[objNull]] and will not automatically be reassigned.
+}}
+|s1= group [[selectLeader]] unitName
+|p1= group: [[Group]]
+|p2= unitName: [[Object]]
+|r1= [[Nothing]]
+|x1= <sqf>group player selectLeader player;</sqf>
+|x2= Make unit a leader from server:
+<sqf>[group _unit, _unit] remoteExec ["selectLeader", groupOwner group _unit];</sqf>
+|seealso= [[commandFollow]] [[doFollow]] [[formationLeader]] [[formLeader]] [[isFormationLeader]] [[leader]] [[setLeader]]
+}}