Arma 3 Scripting

Topic in Scripting

Expression

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An expression is a piece of code that returns a value.

Expression Types

An expression can be:

Variable

An expression can be a simple variable (identifier):

Examples:

_myVariable
globalVariable

Operation

An expression can be an operation including its operands.

Examples:

5 * 6
a % 2
b * c

Scripting Command

An expression can be a scripting command returning a value including its arguments.

Examples:

count myArray
position unit1

Control Structure

An expression can be a control structure returning a value.

Examples:

; returns myValueA or myValueB
if (myCondition) then { myValueA } else { myValueB }