getArray

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Description

Description:

Extract array from config entry.

Groups:

Config

Syntax

Syntax:

getArray config

Parameters:

config: Config

Return Value:

Array

Examples

Example 1:

_array = getArray (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Thing" >> "threat");

Additional Information

See also:

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

Notes

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Posted on Mar 28, 2014 - 07:52

ffur2007slx2_5

(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:

_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

Posted on January 12, 2018 - 19:48 (UTC)

demellion

There is special behaviour if you try to read a description.ext config entry Array that contains a Boolean.
Getting array in MP will result in Number, while SP will return String.

// SP with false in array getArray (missionConfigFile >> "someClass" >> "someArray") // -> "false" // MP with false in array getArray (missionConfigFile >> "someClass" >> "someArray") // -> 0