Function CheckAssignment

engine/Evaluator/express.cpp:2664–2699

}

static const char* CheckAssignment(const char* p)
{
    // Check for `private _identifier = value` shorthand (modern-SQF style).
    // strncmp (not memcmp) so a buffer shorter than 7 bytes stops at the NUL
    // instead of reading past it.
    if (strncmp(p, "private", 7) == 0 && !isalnumext(p[7]))
    {
        const char* q = p + 7;
        while (*q && isspace(*q))
            q++;
        if (*q == '_')
        {
            const char* r = q;
            while (*r && isalnumext(*r))
                r++;
            while (*r && isspace(*r))
                r++;
            if (r[0] == '=' && r[1] != '=')
                return r;
        }
    }
    // Standard `identifier = value` assignment.
    while (*p && isalnumext(*p))
    {
        p++;
    }
    while (*p && isspace(*p))
    {
        p++;
    }
    if (p[0] == '=' && p[1] != '=')
    {
        return p;
    }
    return nullptr;
}

// localOnly restricts assignments to local variables.
GameValue GameState::EvaluateMultiple(const char* expression, bool localOnly) const