call

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Description

Description:

Adds given set of compiled instructions to the current stack and waits for it to finish and return, provides an option to pass arguments to the executed Code.

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In Operation Flashpoint this command used to accept String as well as Code. This does not apply to Armed Assault and later titles (see compile).

Groups:

Program Flow

Syntax

Syntax:

call code

Parameters:

code: Code - compiled instructions

Return Value:

Anything - The last value given in the function is returned. See the topic Function for more information.

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

args call code

Parameters:

args: Anything - Arguments that are passed to the function in the _this variable

code: Code - compiled instructions

Return Value:

Anything - The last value given in the function is returned. See the topic Function for more information.

Examples

Example 1:

call { hint str 123; };

Example 2:

123 call { hint str _this; };

Example 3:

_sum = [1, 2] call { (_this select 0) + (_this select 1); }; hint str _sum; // displays 3

Example 4:

123 call compile "hint str _this;";

Example 5:

_result = 123 call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "myFile.sqf";

Additional Information

See also:

spawnexecVMcanSuspendcompilepreprocessFileremoteExecremoteExecCall

Notes

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Posted on July 5, 2014 - 16:00 (UTC)

MattAka Horner

A called function may only use suspension (sleep, uiSleep, waitUntil) if it originates in a scheduled environment. If the called function originates in a non-scheduled environment it will return a generic error: // *** non-scheduled origin *** [] spawn { // *** scheduled scope *** [] call { // *** scheduled scope *** sleep 3; // <- OK hintSilent "Hello World!"; }; }; // *** non-scheduled origin *** [] call { // *** non-scheduled scope*** [] call { // *** non-scheduled scope *** sleep 3; // <- NOT OK hintSilent "Hello World!"; }; }; // *** scheduled origin *** [] spawn { // *** scheduled scope *** [] call { // *** scheduled scope *** sleep 3; // <- OK hintSilent "Hello World!"; }; }; // *** scheduled origin *** [] call { // *** scheduled scope *** [] call { // *** scheduled scope *** sleep 3; // <- OK hintSilent "Hello World!"; }; };

Posted on February 17, 2015 - 11:02 (UTC)

Patriot821

If the code is in non-scheduled scope and contains while-do statement, the code runs only 10,000 times at the maximum, even if the statement makes infinite loop. (ARMA3 Ver. 1.38.128937) // *** non-scheduled origin *** [] call { // *** non-scheduled scope *** [] call { // *** non-scheduled scope *** _a = 0; while { _a < 15000 } do { _a = _a + 1; }; hint str _a; // displays 10000 }; };