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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.
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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Hypoxic125 - c
Posted on Mar 03, 2024 - 18:31 (UTC)
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"