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Description:: Nil value. This value can be used to undefine existing variables.
Groups:: Variables

Example 1:: variableToDestroy = nil;
Example 2:: private _variable = 50; _variable = nil; hint format ["Variable = %1", _variable]; // will display "Variable = any" in unscheduled environment // will output "Error Undefined variable in expression: _variable" in scheduled environment // identical to hint format ["Variable = %1", _variableThatWasNeverDefined];

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 |r1= [[Nothing]]
-|x1= <code>variableToDestroy = nil;</code>
+|x1= <sqf>variableToDestroy = nil;</sqf>
-|x2= <code>private _variable = 50;
+|x2= <sqf>
-_variable = [[nil]];
+private _variable = 50;
-hint format ["Variable = %1", _variable]; {{codecomment|// will display "Variable {{=}} any" ({{arma3}})}}</code>
+_variable = nil;
+hint format ["Variable = %1", _variable];	// will display "Variable = any" in {{Link|Scheduler#Unscheduled Environment|unscheduled environment}}
+											// will output "Error Undefined variable in expression: _variable" in {{Link|Scheduler#Scheduled Environment|scheduled environment}}
+// identical to
+hint format ["Variable = %1", _variableThatWasNeverDefined];
+</sqf>
 |seealso= [[isNil]] [[Variables]]
 }}