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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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-|x1= <code>[[if]] ([[typeOf]] [[vehicle]] [[player]] == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") [[then]] {[[hint]] "Player is in AH-9 Pawnee"};</code> |EXAMPLE1=
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+|descr= Returns the class name of given target.
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+|r1= [[String]] - config class name, or empty string if ''target'' does not have a class
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+|x1= <sqf>if (typeOf vehicle player == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") then { hint "Player is in a AH-9 Pawnee"; };</sqf>
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-<!-- Note Section BEGIN -->
-<dd class="notedate">Posted on August 4, 2006 - 12:03
-<dt class="note">'''[[User:Hardrock|hardrock]]'''<dd class="note">(CWR 1.90)Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor (such as a house): [[hint]] [[format]]["%1", [[typeOf]] [[object]] 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 ArmA)
-<!-- Note Section END -->
-</dl>
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+|x2= <sqf>
+// Since 2.22
+typeOf (findDisplay 313); // "Display3DEN"
+</sqf>
+|seealso= [[countType]] [[isKindOf]] [[configOf]] [[ctrlClassName]]
+}}
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+|text= Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor such as a house:
-[[Category:Scripting Commands ArmA|TYPEOF]]
+<sqf>hint typeOf _object; // Shows the class name (XXX)</sqf>
-[[Category:Command_Group:_Object_Information|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
+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.
-[[Category:Scripting Commands ArmA2|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
+Save it, and load the map. This method is no longer available since {{arma1}}.
-[[Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
+|game= ofp
-[[Category:Scripting_Commands_Take_On_Helicopters|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
+|version= 1.90
+}}