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Example 1:: _AslPos = getPosASL player;
Example 2:: hint format ["position above sea level: %1", (getPosASL player) select 2];

See also:: getPosASLVisual setPosASL setPosASL2 position getPos getPosATL getPosASLW visiblePosition visiblePositionASL getTerrainHeightASL setUnitFreefallHeight

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: Posted on 23 Feb, 2007
Dr_Eyeball: getPosASL _obj select 2; might sometimes return the vertical position above sea level, but over land for stacked objects, it returns the vertical position above the object beneath it or at least affected by this offset. The same problem exists for getPos. There was a discussion _{(dead link)} thread in the BIS forums which suggested the use of the command modelToWorld instead to get around this issue where an absolute vertical position is required. ArmA Ver 1.02.

: Posted on 27 Mar, 2014
Floriangeyer: According to Code Optimisation, this function is the fastest (2x) and should be used instead of getPos, getPosATL and position. Conversion keep this speed ratio and is structured like:
ASLtoATL getPosASL Object;
: Posted on June 1, 2018 - 09:36 (UTC)
Tankbuster: Further to Florian's post, getPosASL is indeed faster than position and getpos, but is no faster that getposATL

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 |r1= [[Array]] - format [[Position#PositionASL|PositionASL]]
-|x1= <code>_AslPos = getPosASL [[player]];</code>
+|x1= <code>_AslPos = getPosASL player;</code>
-|x2= <code>hint [[format]] ["position above sea level: %1", ([[getPosASL]] [[player]]) [[select]] 2];</code>
+|x2= <code>hint format ["position above sea level: %1", ([[getPosASL]] [[player]]) [[select]] 2];</code>
 |seealso= [[getPosASLVisual]] [[setPosASL]] [[setPosASL2]] [[position]] [[getPos]] [[getPosATL]] [[getPosASLW]] [[visiblePosition]] [[visiblePositionASL]] [[getTerrainHeightASL]] [[setUnitFreefallHeight]]
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 <dt class="note">[[User:Dr_Eyeball|Dr_Eyeball]]</dt>
 <dd class="note">
-<code>getPosASL _obj [[select]] 2;</code>
+<code>getPosASL _obj select 2;</code>
 might sometimes return the vertical position above sea level, but over land for stacked objects, it returns the vertical position above the object beneath it or at least affected by this offset. The same problem exists for [[getPos]]. There was a {{ExternalLink|link= http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?s=e587356595b907e91f96b8817d7f8a26;act=ST;f=71;t=57918|text= discussion}} thread in the BIS forums which suggested the use of the command [[modelToWorld]] instead to get around this issue where an absolute vertical position is required. ArmA Ver '''1.02'''.
 </dd>