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Description

Description:: Returns the class name of a given object.
Groups:: Object Manipulation

Syntax

Syntax:: typeOf obj
Parameters:: obj: Object
Return Value:: String - config class name, or empty string if obj does not have a class

Examples

Example 1:: if (typeOf vehicle player == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") then { hint "Player is in a AH-9 Pawnee"; };

Additional Information

See also:: countType isKindOf configOf

Notes

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Hardrock - c

Posted on Aug 04, 2006 - 12:03 (UTC)

1.90

Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor such as a house:

hint typeOf _object; // Shows the class name (XXX)

Now place an object in the editor, save the map, and open up the Mission.sqm. Find the line: vehicle = "XXX", and replace XXX with the name of the object that you found above. Save it, and load the map. This method is no longer available since Armed Assault.

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 |text= Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor such as a house:
-<sqf>hint format ["%1", typeOf object]; // Shows the class name (XXX)</sqf>
+<sqf>hint typeOf _object; // Shows the class name (XXX)</sqf>
-Now place an object in the editor, save the map, and open up the [[Mission.sqm]]. Find the line: vehicle = "XXX", and replace XXX with the name of the object that you found above. Save it, and load the map. This method is no longer available since {{arma1}}.
+Now place an object in the editor, save the map, and open up the [[Mission.sqm]]. Find the line: vehicle = "XXX", and replace XXX with the name of the object that you found above.
+Save it, and load the map. This method is no longer available since {{arma1}}.
 |game= ofp
 |version= 1.90
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