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content/runtime/getargument.md

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+title = 'Get Argument Helpers'
+date = 2025-10-22T20:31:08-05:00
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+
+## GetArgument
+```c++ 
+/*
+    Gets a non heap object from arguments
+    Returns true if argument is of type T and index < args.size()
+    obj is set to the args[index] if it returns true
+*/
+template<typename T>
+bool GetArgument(std::vector<TObject>& args, size_t index, T& obj);
+```
+
+```c++
+//Heres it in code
+static TObject My_Custom(GCList& ls, std::vector<TObject> args)
+{
+    int64_t n;
+    if(GetArgument(args,0,n))
+    {
+        return n + 5;
+    }
+    return (int64_t)5;
+}
+```
+## GetArgumentHeap
+
+```c++ 
+/*
+    Gets a heap object from arguments
+    Returns true if argument is of type T and index < args.size()
+    obj is set to the args[index] if it returns true
+*/
+template<typename T>
+bool GetArgumentHeap(std::vector<TObject>& args, size_t index, T& obj);
+```
+
+```c++
+//Heres it in code
+static TObject My_Custom(GCList& ls, std::vector<TObject> args)
+{
+    TList* list;
+    if(GetArgumentHeap(args,0,list))
+    {
+        list->Add((std::string)"Hello, world");
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+```c++
+
+/*
+    Gets a non heap object from src
+    Returns true if argument is of type T
+    obj is set to src if it returns true
+*/
+template<typename T>
+bool GetObject(TObject& src, T& obj);
+```
+
+```c++
+//Heres it in code
+static TObject My_Custom(GCList& ls, std::vector<TObject> args)
+{
+    int64_t n;
+    TDictionary* dict;
+    if(GetArgumentHeap(args,0,dict))
+    {
+        auto item = dict->GetValue("MyItem");
+        if(GetObject(item, n))
+            return n + 5;
+    }
+    return (int64_t)5;
+}
+```
+## GetArgumentHeap
+
+```c++ 
+/*
+    Gets a heap object from src
+    Returns true if argument is of type T
+    obj is set to src if it returns true
+*/
+template<typename T>
+bool GetObjectHeap(TObject& src, T& obj);
+```
+
+```c++
+//Heres it in code
+static void My_Custom(TObject something)
+{
+    TList* ls;
+    if(GetObjectHeap(something, ls))
+    {
+        ls->Add((int64_t)42);
+    }
+}
+```