Kronzky
This command can be used on the whole hierarchical class tree (i.e. when checking a HMMWV, one could test for "HMMWV50", "Car", "LandVehicle", etc., all of which would return true.)
isKindOf
- Arma 3 v0.50
- First in Operation Flashpoint: Elite v1.00
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Description
Checks whether the given object or type is (a subtype) of the given type.
While #Syntax 1 and #Syntax 2 only support CfgVehicles, Arma 2 v1.00CfgAmmo and CfgNonAIVehicles, #Syntax 3 can be used with any config, including the mission config.
Syntax
Syntax 1
object isKindOf typeName
Parameters:
Returns: Boolean
Syntax 2
class1 isKindOf class2
Parameters:
Returns: Boolean
Syntax 3
since arma3 1.48
class1 isKindOf [class2, targetConfig]
Parameters:
Returns: Boolean
Examples
Example 1
vehicle player isKindOf "Tank";
Example 2
"BMP2" isKindOf "Tank";
Example 3
currentWeapon player isKindOf ["Rifle", configFile >> "CfgWeapons"];
Example 4
private _isSoldier = player isKindOf "CAManBase";
See also
typeOf · countType · inheritsFrom · configHierarchy
Community notes
James
In case you cannot use isKindOf because of the reasons stated, just use BIS_fnc_returnParents with class names as return value:
_isKindOf = "Rifle" in [configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> "BWA3_G36K", true] call BIS_fnc_returnParents; // is true
Basstard
In Arma 3 isKindOf works well with CfgWeapons and CfgMagazines using the syntax from example 3.
It should be prefered to James' solution as it performs more than 25x faster. Tested in debug console with the following code snippets:
"CA_Magazine" in ([configFile >> "CfgMagazines" >> "HandGrenade", true] call BIS_fnc_returnParents); // 0.12111 ms
"HandGrenade" isKindOf ["CA_Magazine", configFile >> "CfgMagazines"]; // 0.00439453 ms
When checking in CfgVehicles the syntax from #Example 2 performs a little faster.