{"name":"BIS_fnc_returnParents","operator":null,"title":"BIS fnc returnParents","type":"function","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_returnParents","revid":376400,"updated":"2025-10-10T20:44:01Z","groups":["Configs"],"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":"Returns list of all parent classes.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"[config, onlyClassNames] call BIS_fnc_returnParents","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"config","type":"Config","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"starting config class","types":["Config"],"since":null,"text":"config: Config - starting config class"},{"name":"onlyClassNames","type":"Boolean","optional":true,"default":"false","description":"true to return only class names","types":["Boolean"],"since":null,"text":"onlyClassNames: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true to return only class names"}],"returns":{"type":"Array","types":["Array"],"description":"list of all classes (including starting one)","text":"Array - list of all classes (including starting one)"}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n[configFile >> \"CfgVehicles\" >> \"Land_FirePlace_F\", true] call BIS_fnc_returnParents;\n//Returns [\"Land_FirePlace_F\",\"House_F\",\"House\",\"HouseBase\",\"NonStrategic\",\"Building\",\"Static\",\"All\"]\n```","code":["[configFile >> \"CfgVehicles\" >> \"Land_FirePlace_F\", true] call BIS_fnc_returnParents;\n//Returns [\"Land_FirePlace_F\",\"House_F\",\"House\",\"HouseBase\",\"NonStrategic\",\"Building\",\"Static\",\"All\"]"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["configFile","configHierarchy","BIS_fnc_returnChildren"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 2: Functions","Arma 2: New Functions","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Functions","Arma 3: Functions","Function Group: Configs","Functions","Introduced with Arma 2 version 1.00","Take On Helicopters: Functions"],"docblock":null,"filled_from_docblock":[]}