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Latest revision as of 17:38, 2 March 2026

Code represents data consisting of commands and their parameters. It is defined in script by being wrapped in {/} brackets, and is precompiled by the game engine.

The contents of SQF and SQS files are Code.

Examples:

while { alive player } do { sleep 1; hintSilent format ["Health: %1/100", round ((1 - damage player) * 100)]; }; unit addEventHandler ["Killed", { systemChat format ["%1 is dead", name (_this select 0)]; }]; onMapSingleClick { systemChat format ["You clicked at %1", _pos]; };

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See Code vs. Strings for more information on code/string data typing.

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-==Introduction==
+'''Code''' represents data consisting of commands and their parameters.
+It is defined in script by being wrapped in <sqf inline>{</sqf>/<sqf inline>}</sqf> brackets, and is precompiled by the game engine.
+The contents of [[SQF Syntax|SQF]] and [[SQS Syntax|SQS]] files are Code.
-'''Code''' is a string like <u>paramater</u> passed or used by '''some''' of the scripting commands. [[addEventHandler|AddEventHandler]] eg [[onMapSingleClick|OnMapSingleClick]] eg.
+Examples:
+<sqf>
+while { alive player } do { sleep 1; hintSilent format ["Health: %1/100", round ((1 - damage player) * 100)]; };
+unit addEventHandler ["Killed", { systemChat format ["%1 is dead", name (_this select 0)]; }];
+onMapSingleClick { systemChat format ["You clicked at %1", _pos]; };
+</sqf>
-The text body that makes up '''Code''' are also scripting commands.  Eg commands that will be executed 'at some time'.
+{{Feature|informative|See [[Code vs. Strings]] for more information on code/string data typing.}}
-'''Code''' should be represented by enclosing curly brace. '''{''' code.... '''}'''
-[[ArmA|Armed Assault]] formalised this 'convention' by creating a Code '''Type'''. In previous versions it was a prefered style to write such strings in curled braces, but it was also possible to write them in quotation marks (exactly like [[String]]s). ArmA functions that are marked as requiring '''Code''' must be presented with curled braces.
-==Description==
-Part of code (compiled), in curled braces:
-==Examples==
-'''{'''_x [[setDamage]] 1'''}''' [[forEach]] ArrayToKill
 [[Category: Data Types]]