{"name":"isEqualRef","operator":null,"title":"isEqualRef","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isEqualRef","revid":338333,"updated":"2023-02-28T14:32:49Z","groups":["Variables"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.12"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"2.12"},"arma3_since":"2.12","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Compares two values by reference, returns true if equal.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"val1 isEqualRef val2","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"val1","type":"Anything","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Anything"],"since":null,"text":"val1: Anything"},{"name":"val2","type":"Anything","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Anything"],"since":null,"text":"val2: Anything"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","types":["Boolean"],"description":"true if the same ref","text":"Boolean - true if the same ref"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"val1","types":["Anything"]},"right":{"text":"val2","types":["Anything"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_arr1 = [1,[2,[3]]];\n_arr2 = _arr1;\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;    // true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;    // true\n\n_arr2 = +_arr1;            // array copy\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;    // true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;    // false\n```","code":["_arr1 = [1,[2,[3]]];\n_arr2 = _arr1;\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;\t// true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;\t// true\n\n_arr2 = +_arr1;\t\t\t// array copy\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;\t// true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;\t// false"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["isNotEqualRef","isEqualTo","Operators"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Variables","Introduced with Arma 3 version 2.12","Scripting Commands"]}