getNumber

1.001.001.501.000.50

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Description

Description:

Extract number from config entry.

Groups:

Config

Syntax

Syntax:

getNumber config

Parameters:

config: Config

Return Value:

Number

Examples

Example 1:

_value = getNumber (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Thing" >> "maxSpeed");

Additional Information

See also:

configFile config / name configName count getArray getText inheritsFrom isArray isClass isNumber isText select

Notes

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Donnervogel - c

Posted on Mar 03, 2007 - 04:45 (UTC)

Use getNumber to get boolean values from a config entry. 1 equals true, 0 equals false.

Loki - c

Posted on Sep 13, 2011 - 00:44 (UTC)

With an not existing entry, getNumber returns 0.

ffur2007slx2_5 - c

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 - 07:53 (UTC)

(Arma 3 1.14), It's recommended to use BIS_fnc_getCfgData or BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry to get variable cfg data rather than conditioning via isNumber, isText, isArray, getNumber, getText and getArray combination.
Traditional workaround:

private _cfg = configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type"; switch (true) do { case (isNumber _cfg): { getNumber _cfg }; case (isText _cfg): { getText _cfg }; case (isArray _cfg): { getArray _cfg }; default { nil }; };

Recommended workaround:

(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type") call BIS_fnc_getCfgData;

To return default value once entry was not found, we can use BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry instead of BIS_fnc_getCfgData.

[(configFile >> "CannonFire" >> "LightExp"),"lifeTime",0] call BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry; // 0.5

To compose collected Number into Array, use BIS_fnc_getCfgDataArray instead.

(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type") call BIS_fnc_getCfgDataArray;

To retype collected Number into Boolean, use BIS_fnc_getCfgDataBool. Anything bigger than 0 is true, otherwise false.

(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type") call BIS_fnc_getCfgDataBool;