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Description

Description:: Returns the class name of given target.
Groups:: Object Manipulation

Syntax

Syntax:: typeOf target
Parameters:: target: Object, since 2.22 Control, Display
Return Value:: String - config class name, or empty string if target does not have a class

Examples

Example 1:: if (typeOf vehicle player == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") then { hint "Player is in a AH-9 Pawnee"; };
Example 2:: // Since 2.22 typeOf (findDisplay 313); // "Display3DEN"

Additional Information

See also:: countType isKindOf configOf ctrlClassName

Notes

: Report bugs on the Feedback Tracker and/or discuss them on the Arma Discord.
Only post proven facts here! Add Note

Hardrock - c

Posted on Aug 04, 2006 - 12:03 (UTC)

1.90

Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor such as a house:

hint typeOf _object; // Shows the class name (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 Armed Assault.

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 |version1= 1.90
 |game2= ofpe
 |version2= 1.00
 |game3= arma1
 |version3= 1.00
 |game4= arma2
 |version4= 1.00
 |game5= arma2oa
+|version5= 1.50
-|version5= 1.51
 |game6= tkoh
 |version6= 1.00
 |game7= arma3
 |version7= 0.50
 |gr1= Object Manipulation
-|descr= Returns the config class name of given object or {{ic|""}} if object does not have a config class.
+|descr= Returns the class name of given target.
-|s1= [[typeOf]] object
+|s1= [[typeOf]] target
-|p1= object: [[Object]]
+|p1= target: [[Object]], since {{GVI|arma3|2.22}} [[Control]], [[Display]]
-|r1= [[String]] - Config class or {{ic|""}}
+|r1= [[String]] - config class name, or empty string if ''target'' does not have a class
-|x1= <code>[[if]] ([[typeOf]] [[vehicle]] [[player]] == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") [[then]] { [[hint]] "Player is in a AH-9 Pawnee"; };</code>
-|seealso= [[countType]], [[isKindOf]], [[configOf]]
+|x1= <sqf>if (typeOf vehicle player == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") then { hint "Player is in a AH-9 Pawnee"; };</sqf>
+|x2= <sqf>
+// Since 2.22
+typeOf (findDisplay 313); // "Display3DEN"
+</sqf>
+|seealso= [[countType]] [[isKindOf]] [[configOf]] [[ctrlClassName]]
 }}
-<dl class="command_description">
+{{Note
-<dd class="notedate">Posted on August 4, 2006 - 12:03</dd>
+|user= Hardrock
-<dt class="note">[[User:Hardrock|hardrock]]</dt>
+|timestamp= 20060804120300
-<dd class="note">{{GVI|ofp|1.90}} Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor such as a house:
+|text= Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor such as a house:
-<code>[[hint]] [[format]] ["%1", [[typeOf]] [[object]]]; {{cc|Shows the class name (XXX)}}</code>
+<sqf>hint typeOf _object; // Shows the class name (XXX)</sqf>
-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 {{arma1}}.
+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.
-</dl>
+Save it, and load the map. This method is no longer available since {{arma1}}.
+|game= ofp
+|version= 1.90
+}}