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Description

Description:

Checks whether the tested item is null.
Which null type the item has to be equal to depends on the type of game entity tested:

Type	Object	Group	Control	Display	Location	Task	Script	Config	Diary Record	Team Member
Null value	objNull	grpNull	controlNull	displayNull	locationNull	taskNull	scriptNull	configNull	diaryRecordNull	teamMemberNull
Since	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.30	1.54	2.00	2.10

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A test via == does not work because a null value is not equal to anything, not even itself (configNull being the exception). See also isEqualTo.

Groups:

Variables

Syntax

Syntax:: isNull entity
Parameters:: entity: Object, Control, Display, Group, Location, Task, Script Handle, Config or Diary Record
Return Value:: Boolean

Examples

Example 1:: if (isNil "obj") exitWith { hint "obj variable is undefined" }; if (isNull obj) then { hint "obj variable is defined but is null"; } else { hint "obj variable is defined and is not null"; };
Example 2:: Diary Record support before 2.00:
private _nullRecord = objNull createDiaryRecord []; // wrong parameters = failure to create a record = null value private _createdRecord = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["title", "description"]]; if (_createdRecord isEqualTo _nullRecord) then { hint "Failed" };
Team Member support before 2.10:
private _isNull = _teamMember isEqualTo teamMemberNull;

Additional Information

See also:: controlNull displayNull grpNull locationNull objNull taskNull teamMemberNull scriptNull configNull typeName

Notes

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-'''isNull''' can refer to these scripting commands:
+{{RV|type=command
-*[[isNull control]]
-*[[isNull display]]
-*[[isNull grp]]
-*[[isNull obj]]
+|game1= ofp
+|version1= 1.00
-{{Disambig}}
+|game2= ofpe
+|version2= 1.00
+|game3= arma1
+|version3= 1.00
+|game4= arma2
+|version4= 1.00
+|game5= arma2oa
+|version5= 1.50
+|game6= tkoh
+|version6= 1.00
+|game7= arma3
+|version7= 0.50
+|arg= global
+|gr1= Variables
+|descr= Checks whether the tested item is null.<br>
+Which null type the item has to be equal to depends on the type of game entity tested:
+{{{!}} class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
+! [[:Category:Data Types|Type]]
+{{!}} [[Object]]
+{{!}} [[Group]]
+{{!}} [[Control]]
+{{!}} [[Display]]
+{{!}} [[Location]]
+{{!}} [[Task]]
+{{!}} [[Script Handle|Script]]
+{{!}} [[Config]]
+{{!}} [[Diary Record]]
+{{!}} [[Team Member]]
+{{!}}-
+! Null value
+{{!}} [[objNull]]
+{{!}} [[grpNull]]
+{{!}} [[controlNull]]
+{{!}} [[displayNull]]
+{{!}} [[locationNull]]
+{{!}} [[taskNull]]
+{{!}} [[scriptNull]]
+{{!}} [[configNull]]
+{{!}} [[diaryRecordNull]]
+{{!}} [[teamMemberNull]]
+{{!}}- style="font-size: .85em"
+! Since
+{{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} {{GVI|ofp|1.00}}
+{{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} {{GVI|arma1|1.00}}
+{{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} {{GVI|arma2|1.00}}
+{{!}} {{GVI|arma3|1.30}}
+{{!}} {{GVI|arma3|1.54}}
+{{!}} {{GVI|arma3|2.00}}
+{{!}} {{GVI|arma3|2.10}}
+{{!}}}
+{{Feature|important|2= A test ''via'' [[a == b|==]] does '''not''' work because a null value is not equal to anything, not even itself ([[configNull]] being the exception).
+See also [[isEqualTo]].}}
+|s1= [[isNull]] entity
+|p1= entity: [[Object]], [[Control]], [[Display]], [[Group]], [[Location]], [[Task]], [[Script Handle]], [[Config]] or [[Diary Record]]
+|r1= [[Boolean]]
+|x1= <sqf>
+if (isNil "obj") exitWith { hint "obj variable is undefined" };
+if (isNull obj) then
+{
+	hint "obj variable is defined but is null";
+}
+else
+{
+	hint "obj variable is defined and is not null";
+};
+</sqf>
+|x2= [[Diary Record]] support before {{GVI|arma3|2.00}}:
+<sqf>
+private _nullRecord = objNull createDiaryRecord []; // wrong parameters = failure to create a record = null value
+private _createdRecord = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["title", "description"]];
+if (_createdRecord isEqualTo _nullRecord) then { hint "Failed" };
+</sqf>
+[[Team Member]] support before {{GVI|arma3|2.10}}:
+<sqf>private _isNull = _teamMember isEqualTo teamMemberNull;</sqf>
+|seealso= [[controlNull]] [[displayNull]] [[grpNull]] [[locationNull]] [[objNull]] [[taskNull]] [[teamMemberNull]] [[scriptNull]] [[configNull]] [[typeName]]
+}}