---
name: "BIS_fnc_swapVars"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Variables"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_swapVars
revid: 328403
updated: 2022-07-13T16:00:49Z
---

# BIS_fnc_swapVars

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

## Description

Swaps the values of two variables **passed as [String](../topics/String.md)**.

Nothing is returned as this function modifies the variables directly.

## Syntax

```sqf
[variableName1, variableName2] call BIS_fnc_swapVars
```

**Parameters:**

- `variableName1`: [String](../topics/String.md)
- `variableName2`: [String](../topics/String.md)

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _a = 1;
_b = 2;
["_a", "_b"] call BIS_fnc_swapVars;
_a == 2; // true
_b == 1; // true
```

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc swapVars](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_swapVars) (revision 328403).</sub>