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llGetObjectName

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function
Function syntax
string llGetObjectName();
Returns
string
Energy
10

Returns a string that is the name of the prim the script is attached to.

How to use
string result = llGetObjectName();

Caveats

Section titled “Caveats”
  • The prim name is limited to 63 bytes, any string longer than that will be truncated. This truncation does not always happen when the attribute is set or read.
  • This function may return “(Waiting)” sometimes. See: notes

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Get this prim’s nameGet the root prim’s name
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
    //  PUBLIC_CHANNEL has the integer value 0
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "This prim's name: " + llGetObjectName() );
    }
}
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
    //  PUBLIC_CHANNEL has the integer value 0
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "Root prim's name: "
            + llGetLinkName(LINK_ROOT));
    }
}

Notes

Section titled “Notes”

Erroneous “(Waiting)”

Section titled “Erroneous “(Waiting)””

Presumably the function queries the asset server for a predetermined time and returns “(Waiting)” if that elapses.

It then silently proceeds to the next instruction.

A work around therefore, might be to test object name is not “(Waiting)” after calling llGetObjectName.

See also

Section titled “See also”

Functions

Section titled “Functions”

Articles

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