Use a function/script to store a local variable?

[lozz08 10]

I need to define a variable that is private, in one script, but then store it use it in another script without making a global variable. Is there a way to do this efficiently?

[demonized 20]

I need to define a variable that is private, in one script, but then store it use it in another script without making a global variable. Is there a way to do this efficiently?

by using call or spawn you can have your script inside the other script and execute it seperatly using local variables without delay with spawn or wait for a return with call.

but local variables cannot be taken out of a script from the outside, but inside script locals can be transferred to outside scripts from the inside, if that made any sense for you.

[bhaz 0]

Your best bet is to use a gamelogic as a namespace, you can then copy / change it in and out to other scripts as often as you need. At the moment it's the (only??) way to easily share variables without making them global.

myGameLogic setVariable ["cars", 5];
_cars = myGameLogic getVariable "cars";

If only BIS would implement the :: scope resolution operator.