{"name":"findIf","title":"findIf","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/findIf","revid":376518,"updated":"2025-10-22T23:13:13Z","groups":["Arrays"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"1.82"},"since":"arma3 1.82","arma3_since":"1.82","description":"Searches for an element within array for which the code evaluates to true. Returns the zero-based index on success or -1 if not found.\nCode on the right side of the command is evaluated for each element of the array, processed element can be referenced in code as _x.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> findIf terminates as soon as it finds an element that fulfills the condition, thus it is more efficient than count in scenarios where a check for presence / absence of at least one element should be done (See Example 2).","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"array findIf code","params":[{"name":"array","type":"Array","description":"array to search in","type_expr":"Array"},{"name":"code","type":"Code","description":"code defining an element to find, processed element can be referenced within the code as _x","type_expr":"Code"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","type_expr":"Number","description":"zero-based position of the first array element for which the code evaluate to true, -1 if not found"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"array"},"right":{"text":"code"}}],"examples":[{"code":["private _firstDead = [unit1, unit2, unit3] findIf { not alive _x }; // return index of the first dead unit"]},{"text":"```sqf\n// two ways how to 'wait for all units to be dead':\nwaitUntil { [unit1, unit2, unit3] findIf { alive _x } == -1 };    // fast, terminates as soon as it finds a living unit\nwaitUntil { { alive _x } count [unit1, unit2, unit3] == 0 };    // slow, always goes through all array elements\n```","code":["// two ways how to 'wait for all units to be dead':\nwaitUntil { [unit1, unit2, unit3] findIf { alive _x } == -1 };\t// fast, terminates as soon as it finds a living unit\nwaitUntil { { alive _x } count [unit1, unit2, unit3] == 0 };\t// slow, always goes through all array elements"]}],"see_also":["find","count"]}