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. See Scheduler to learn more about how the code is excuted and behaves.

Groups:

Program Flow

Syntax

Syntax:

call code

Parameters:

code: Code - Compiled instructions. In Operation Flashpoint this command also accepts datatype string

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. In Operation Flashpoint this command also accepts datatype string

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:

spawn execVM canSuspend compile compileScript preprocessFile remoteExec remoteExecCall

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