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Description:: Returns the config class name of a given entity or "" if entity doesn't have config class.
Groups:: Uncategorised

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

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Posted on August 4, 2006 - 12:03
hardrock: (CWR 1.90)Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor (such as a house): hint format["%1", typeOf object 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 ArmA)

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-| Returns the class name of a given object. |= Description
+| Returns the config class name of a given entity or "" if entity doesn't have config class. |= Description
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-| [[String]] <nowiki>=</nowiki>  '''typeOf''' vehicleName |= Syntax
+|'''typeOf''' entity |= Syntax
-|p1= vehicleName: [[Object]] |= Parameter 1
+|p1= entity: [[Object]] |= Parameter 1
 | [[String]] |= Return value
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-|x1= <code>_class = [[typeOf]] _mi24</code> |= Example 1
+|x1= <code>[[if]] ([[typeOf]] [[vehicle]] [[player]] == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") [[then]] {[[hint]] "Player is in AH-9 Pawnee"};</code> |= Example 1
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