call

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Description

Description:

Adds given set of compiled instructions to the current stack and waits for it to finish and return, provides an option to pass arguments to the executed Code.

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See also Scheduler.

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This command accepts String (as well as Code) only in Operation Flashpoint. For later titles, see compile.

Groups:

Program Flow

Syntax

Syntax:

call code

Parameters:

code: Code - compiled instructions

Return Value:

Anything - The last value given in the function is returned. See the topic Function for more information.

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

args call code

Parameters:

args: Anything - Arguments that are passed to the function in the _this variable

code: Code - compiled instructions

Return Value:

Anything - The last value given in the function is returned. See the topic Function for more information.

Examples

Example 1:

call { hint str 123; };

Example 2:

123 call { hint str _this; };

Example 3:

_sum = [1, 2] call { (_this select 0) + (_this select 1); }; hint str _sum; // displays 3

Example 4:

123 call compile "hint str _this;";

Example 5:

_result = 123 call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "myFile.sqf";

Additional Information

See also:

spawnexecVMcanSuspendcompilepreprocessFileremoteExecremoteExecCall

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