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2.18

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Only available in Development branch(es) until its release with Arma 3 patch v2.18.

Description

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.

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For the config keyword, see import (Config).

Groups:

Variables

Syntax

Syntax:

import variableName

Parameters:

variableName: String or Array of Strings - variable(s) to import

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

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"]; };

Additional Information

See also:

privateAll private params

Notes

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{{subst:Preload/Note|1= When making local functions, the imported variable does not have to exist until the function is called.

// Local function private _stringifyNum = { import "_num"; str _num; }; private _num = 5; call _stringifyNum; // Returns "5"

}