{"name":"setPlateNumber","operator":null,"title":"setPlateNumber","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setPlateNumber","revid":353037,"updated":"2024-03-12T11:54:25Z","groups":["Object Manipulation"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.82"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.82"},"arma3_since":"1.82","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":"local","effect":"global","server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Change the license plates on any vehicle which has plates configured. Max 15 characters are allowed!","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vehicle setPlateNumber string","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"vehicle","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"vehicle: Object"},{"name":"string","type":"String","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["String"],"since":null,"text":"string: String"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"vehicle","types":["Object"]},"right":{"text":"string","types":["String"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nvehicle player setPlateNumber \"K2000\";\n```","code":["vehicle player setPlateNumber \"K2000\";"]},{"text":"Reset plate to the world's randomised template:\n\n```sqf\nprivate _return = \"\";\nprivate _cfg = (configFile >> \"CfgWorlds\" >> worldName);\n\n{\n    _return = _return + (call {\n        if (_x == \"$\") exitWith {\n            selectRandom (getText (_cfg >> \"plateLetters\") splitString \"\")\n        };\n        if (_x == \"#\") exitWith {\n            selectRandom [\"0\",\"1\",\"2\",\"3\",\"4\",\"5\",\"6\",\"7\",\"8\",\"9\"]\n        };\n        _x\n    });\n} forEach (getText (_cfg >> \"plateFormat\") splitString \"\");\n\n_car setPlateNumber _return;\n```","code":["private _return = \"\";\nprivate _cfg = (configFile >> \"CfgWorlds\" >> worldName);\n\n{\n\t_return = _return + (call {\n\t\tif (_x == \"$\") exitWith {\n\t\t\tselectRandom (getText (_cfg >> \"plateLetters\") splitString \"\")\n\t\t};\n\t\tif (_x == \"#\") exitWith {\n\t\t\tselectRandom [\"0\",\"1\",\"2\",\"3\",\"4\",\"5\",\"6\",\"7\",\"8\",\"9\"]\n\t\t};\n\t\t_x\n\t});\n} forEach (getText (_cfg >> \"plateFormat\") splitString \"\");\n\n_car setPlateNumber _return;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["getPlateNumber"],"notes":[{"user":"Demellion","date":"2018-04-19T05:34:00Z","text":"**NOTICE**: If this command is performed where the argument is remote, the plate will change and getPlateNumber will also return the new value, until vehicle owner sync it back to original in ~10 seconds after."}],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Object Manipulation","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.82","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Global Effect"]}