{"name":"BIS_fnc_getArea","title":"BIS fnc getArea","type":"function","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_getArea","revid":379268,"updated":"2026-10-30T23:43:55Z","groups":["Geometry","Map and Markers"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"1.58"},"since":"arma3 1.58","arma3_since":"1.58","description":"Extracts area information from trigger, marker, location or array","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"param call BIS_fnc_getArea","params":[{"name":"param","type":"Object, String, Location or Array","description":"Object, String, Location or Array\n\n- Object - trigger\n- String - marker\n- Location - location\n- Array - array in format [center, distance] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect]] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect, height]]","type_expr":"Object | String | Location | Array","text":"param: Object, String, Location or Array\n\n- Object - trigger\n- String - marker\n- Location - location\n- Array - array in format [center, distance] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect]] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect, height]]"}],"returns":{"type":"Array","type_expr":"Array","description":"in format [center, a, b, angle, isRectangle, height]"}}],"examples":[{"code":["private _area = [player, 100] call BIS_fnc_getArea;"]}],"see_also":["createTrigger","createMarker","setTriggerArea","setMarkerSize","triggerArea","markerSize","inArea","inAreaArray","BIS_fnc_inTrigger"]}