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MakeObjectNameFromDisplayLabel

Given a display label string, generates an [FName](API\Runtime\Core\UObject\FName) slug that is a valid [FName](API\Runtime\Core\UObject\FName) for that label.

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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

FName MakeObjectNameFromDisplayLabel
(
const FString & DisplayLabel,
const FName CurrentObjectName
)

Remarks

Given a display label string, generates an FName slug that is a valid FName for that label. If the object's current name is already satisfactory, then that name will be returned. For example, "[MyObject]: Object Label" becomes "MyObjectObjectLabel" FName slug.

The generated name isn't guaranteed to be unique.

Returns

The generated object name

Parameters

Parameter	Description
DisplayLabel	The label string to convert to an FName
CurrentObjectName	The object's current name, or NAME_None if it has no name yet

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