{"name":"isEqualRef","title":"isEqualRef","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/isEqualRef","revid":338333,"updated":"2023-02-28T14:32:49Z","groups":["Variables"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"2.12"},"since":"arma3 2.12","arma3_since":"2.12","description":"Compares two values by reference, returns true if equal.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"val1 isEqualRef val2","params":[{"name":"val1","type":"Anything","type_expr":"Anything"},{"name":"val2","type":"Anything","type_expr":"Anything"}],"returns":{"type":"Boolean","type_expr":"Boolean","description":"true if the same ref"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"val1"},"right":{"text":"val2"}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_arr1 = [1,[2,[3]]];\n_arr2 = _arr1;\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;    // true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;    // true\n\n_arr2 = +_arr1;            // array copy\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;    // true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;    // false\n```","code":["_arr1 = [1,[2,[3]]];\n_arr2 = _arr1;\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;\t// true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;\t// true\n\n_arr2 = +_arr1;\t\t\t// array copy\n_arr1 isEqualTo _arr2;\t// true\n_arr1 isEqualRef _arr2;\t// false"]}],"see_also":["isNotEqualRef","isEqualTo","Operators"]}