---
name: "BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Configs"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry
revid: 349149
updated: 2023-11-08T14:49:48Z
---

# BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry

*Function · Configs · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

## Description

Explores parent classes in the run-time config for the value of a config entry.

## Syntax

```sqf
[config,attribute,defaultValue] call BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry
```

**Parameters:**

- `config`: [Config](../topics/Config.md) - starting config
- `attribute`: [String](../topics/String.md) - config attribute to be returned
- `defaultValue`: [Anything](../topics/Anything.md) - (Optional, default [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)) value to be returned if attribute is not existent

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md), [String](../topics/String.md) or [Number](../topics/Number.md) - attribute value

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
[configfile >> "Cfg3DEN" >> "Attributes" >> "ActivationType","idc"] call BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry;
```

## See also

[configFile](../commands/configFile.md) · [BIS_fnc_getCfg](../functions/BIS_fnc_getCfg.md) · [BIS_fnc_getCfgData](../functions/BIS_fnc_getCfgData.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc returnConfigEntry](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry) (revision 349149).</sub>