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Revision as of 17:35, 30 October 2023

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Description:: Imports one or multiple local variables from the parent scope, and defines them as private variables in the current scope. It can bypass privateAll.
Groups:: Variables

Syntax:: import variableName
Parameters:: variableName: String or Array of Strings - variable(s) to import
Return Value:: Nothing

Example 1:: private _myVar = 1; call { import "_myVar"; // similar to: private _myVar = _myVar; };
Example 2:: private _a = 1; private _b = 2; call { import ["_a", "_b"]; // similar to: [_a, _b] params ["_a", "_b"]; };

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 |s1= [[import]] variableName
-|p1= variableName: [[String]] - variable to import
+|p1= variableName: [[String]] or [[Array]] of [[String]]s - variable(s) to import
 |r1= [[Nothing]]
-|s2= [[import]] variableNames
-|p21= variableNames: [[Array]] of [[String]]s - variables to import
-|r2= [[Nothing]]
 |x1= <sqf>
-_myVar = 1;
+private _myVar = 1;
 call
 {
-  import "_myVar"; // similar to: private _myVar = _myVar;
+	import "_myVar"; // similar to: private _myVar = _myVar;
-}
+};
 </sqf>
 |x2= <sqf>
-_a = 1;
+private _a = 1;
-_b = 2;
+private _b = 2;
 call
 {
-  import ["_a", "_b"]; // similar to: [_a, _b] params ["_a", "_b"];
+	import ["_a", "_b"]; // similar to: [_a, _b] params ["_a", "_b"];
-}
+};
 </sqf>
 |seealso= [[privateAll]] [[private]] [[params]]
 }}