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StaticFindObject

Tries to find an object in memory.

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References

Module	CoreUObject
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Public/UObject/UObjectGlobals.h
Include	#include "UObject/UObjectGlobals.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/CoreUObject/Private/UObject/UObjectGlobals.cpp

Syntax

UObject * StaticFindObject
(
    UClass * Class,
    UObject * InOuter,
    const TCHAR * Name,
    bool ExactClass
)

Remarks

Tries to find an object in memory. This will handle fully qualified paths of the form /path/packagename.object:subobject and resolve references for you.

Returns

Returns a pointer to the found object or nullptr if none could be found

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Class	The to be found object's class
InOuter	Outer object to look inside. If this is ANY_PACKAGE it will search all in memory packages, if this is null then InName should start with a package name
InName	The object path to search for an object, relative to InOuter
ExactClass	Whether to require an exact match with the passed in class

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