---
name: "BIS_fnc_GC"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Diagnostic"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_GC
revid: 326906
updated: 2022-07-12T21:44:38Z
---

# BIS_fnc_GC

*Function · Diagnostic · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Take On Helicopters v1.00*

Locality: executed with **spawn**

## Description

Sends an entity to the garbage collection queue. Replaces Arma 2 Garbage Collector.

## Syntax

```sqf
entity spawn BIS_fnc_GC
```

**Parameters:**

- `entity`: [Object](../topics/Object.md) or [Group](../topics/Group.md) or [String](../topics/String.md) (marker) or [Array](../topics/Array.md) (array of entities)

**Returns:** [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - true if function was executed successfuly

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
[dude1] spawn BIS_fnc_GC;
```

### Example 2

```sqf
[dude1, group dude1, "marker1"] spawn BIS_fnc_GC;
```

## See also

Garbage Collector

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc GC](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_GC) (revision 326906).</sub>