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Question by NinjaSu · Apr 20, 2013 at 11:43 PM · listarraysfindgame objectfind-gameobject

Searching a List of GameObjects by name

So I have a list of gameObjects, how would I efficiently get the gameObject with a name?

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 List<GameObject> list = new <GameObject>();
 GameObject temp = list.Find("Sword");
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Answer by dorpeleg · Apr 21, 2013 at 12:25 AM

Just use loop:

 for(int i=0; i<list.Count; i++){
     if(list[i].name == "Sword") {
         temp = list[i];
         break;
     }
 }

can't think of a more efficient way.

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avatar image AntonyBaasan · May 11, 2015 at 10:08 PM 2
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Good and simple solution. If you looking for one GameObject, break the for cycle once you found.

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Answer by ZGTR · May 12, 2015 at 09:34 AM

Easily done using Linq:

   using System.Linq;
   GameObject temp = list.Where(obj => obj.name == "Sword").SingleOrDefault();

This will return your game object if found. Otherwise, null. You have to import System.Linq though.

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avatar image artosking · Feb 26, 2019 at 04:53 PM 0
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And what if there are many objects named "Sword" ?

avatar image Deathdefy artosking · Feb 26, 2019 at 06:14 PM 0
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You can use .ToList() ins$$anonymous$$d of SingleOrDefault() and that will return a collection of all objects named "Sword"

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