My sqf hint syntax won't work

[CarlGustaffa 4]

Hi

Here is a little code snippet that won't work for me. I thought you could use curly braces {}to indicate "blocks" of code that the engine would read as a whole line. Maybe I misunderstand.

Sorry to bug you all with so many noob questions

The code goes something like this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

//Unit counter loop report

_iCount=0;

while {_iCount<1} do {

sleep 10;

_gAlpha = {alive _x} count units gAlpha;

_gBravo = {alive _x} count units gBravo;

_gCharlie = {alive _x} count units gCharlie;

_gDelta = {alive _x} count units gDelta;

_gPlatoon = _gAlpha + _gBravo + _gCharlie + _gDelta;

_gWest = WEST countSide list tUnitCounter;

_gEast = EAST countSide list tUnitCounter;

_gResistance = resistance countSide list tUnitCounter;

{hint format

["UNITS:\n

gAlpha: %1\n

gBravo: %2\n

gCharlie: %3\n

gDelta: %4\n

gPlatoon: %5\n\n

West: %6\n

East: %7\n

Resistance: %8",

_gAlpha, _gBravo, _gCharlie, _gDelta, _gPlatoon, _gWest, _gEast, _gResistance]

};

};

When curlys are removed and everything put to one line, it works as it should.

Is this possible? If so, where is my mistake?

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<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">//Unit counter loop report

_iCount=0;

_lineFunction = {hint format

["UNITS:\n

gAlpha: %1\n

gBravo: %2\n

gCharlie: %3\n

gDelta: %4\n

gPlatoon: %5\n\n

West: %6\n

East: %7\n

Resistance: %8",

_gAlpha, _gBravo, _gCharlie, _gDelta, _gPlatoon, _gWest, _gEast, _gResistance]

};

while {_iCount<1} do {

sleep 10;

_gAlpha = {alive _x} count units gAlpha;

_gBravo = {alive _x} count units gBravo;

_gCharlie = {alive _x} count units gCharlie;

_gDelta = {alive _x} count units gDelta;

_gPlatoon = _gAlpha + _gBravo + _gCharlie + _gDelta;

_gWest = WEST countSide list tUnitCounter;

_gEast = EAST countSide list tUnitCounter;

_gResistance = resistance countSide list tUnitCounter;

call compile _lineFunction; //  or

[]spawn _lineFunction; //  if you want it to run at same time

};Example_3:_Inline_Function