getText

1.001.001.501.000.50

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Description

Description:

Extracts localized text from config entry, if entry is subject to localization, otherwise returns text value. To obtain the translation key itself, see getTextRaw.

Groups:

Config

Syntax

Syntax:

getText config

Parameters:

config: Config

Return Value:

String - text value

Examples

Example 1:

_text = getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Thing" >> "icon"); // "Get in %1 as Driver"

Additional Information

See also:

configFile a / b configName count getArray getNumber inheritsFrom isArray isClass isNumber isText select getTextRaw

Notes

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ffur2007slx2_5 - c

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 - 07:52 (UTC)

(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. e.g.

[(configFile >> "CannonFire" >> "LightExp"),"lifeTime",0] call BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry;//0.5

To compose collected String into Array, use BIS_fnc_getCfgDataArray instead. E.g.

(configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type") call BIS_fnc_getCfgDataArray;