---
name: "BIS_fnc_dbIsClass"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Database"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_dbIsClass
revid: 328437
updated: 2022-07-13T16:00:51Z
---

# BIS_fnc_dbIsClass

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

## Description

Checks if string is class definition.

## Syntax

```sqf
text call BIS_fnc_dbIsClass
```

**Parameters:**

- `text` - [String](../topics/String.md): Check if text is in class format

**Returns:** [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md): true when the argument starts with "#" (class symbol returned with [BIS_fnc_dbSymbolClass](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbSymbolClass.md))

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
"#MYCLASS" call BIS_fnc_dbIsClass; // true
"#myclass" call BIS_fnc_dbIsClass; // true
"MYCLASS" call BIS_fnc_dbIsClass; // false
1234 call BIS_fnc_dbIsClass; // false
```

## See also

[BIS_fnc_dbClassCheck](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassCheck.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassId](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassId.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassIndex](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassIndex.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassList](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassList.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassRemove](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassRemove.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassReturn](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassReturn.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassSet](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassSet.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbConfigPath](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbConfigPath.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbImportConfig](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbImportConfig.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbImportXML](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbImportXML.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbIsValue](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbIsValue.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbPrint](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbPrint.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbSymbolClass](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbSymbolClass.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbSymbolValue](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbSymbolValue.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueCheck](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueCheck.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueId](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueId.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueIndex](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueIndex.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueList](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueList.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueRemove](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueRemove.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueSet](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueSet.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc dbIsClass](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_dbIsClass) (revision 328437).</sub>
