{"name":"setFSMVariable","operator":null,"title":"setFSMVariable","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFSMVariable","revid":330070,"updated":"2022-08-15T16:49:43Z","groups":["System"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Set variable to given value in the variable space of given FSM.\n\nThe FSM handle is the number returned by the execFSM command.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"handle setFSMVariable [name, value]","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"handle","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"FSM handle","types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"handle: Number - FSM handle"},{"name":"name","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"name of the FSM variable","types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"name: String - name of the FSM variable"},{"name":"value","type":"Anything","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"new value of the FSM variable","types":["Anything"],"since":null,"text":"value: Anything - new value of the FSM variable"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"handle","types":["Number"]},"right":{"text":"[name, value]","types":["Array"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_handle = execFSM \"test.fsm\";\n_handle setFSMVariable [\"_foo\", 23]; // sets variable _foo in the FSM to 23\n```","code":["_handle = execFSM \"test.fsm\";\n_handle setFSMVariable [\"_foo\", 23]; // sets variable _foo in the FSM to 23"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["FSM","commandFSM","completedFSM","doFSM","execFSM","getFSMVariable"],"notes":[{"user":"Master85","date":"2014-03-23T00:53:00Z","text":"If the variable is not yet defined within the FSM it will be created."}],"categories":["Arma 2: New Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: System","Introduced with Arma 2 version 1.00","Scripting Commands","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}