How to access the name of instantiated object?

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Hello

i am making some codes in c# to instantiate a Gameobject but i want to know the name or tag of the instantiated object

so i can use

if (gameobject.name == "the instantiated object")

//do something

is there anyway to do it?

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try this

if(gameObject.name.Equals("YourGameObject")){
    //do something
}

or use tag

if(gameObject.tag.Equals("YourGameObject")){
   //do something
}

i just did Clone.name and it worked :D Thank you anyway ^^ also what does Equals do?

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Equals and == do pretty much the same thing, with the exception that Equals is more flexible. You can do things like tell it to ignore case, for example. Here is a link to the MSDN about the version of string.Equals that allows for that: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c64xh8f9(v=vs.110).aspx][1] [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c64xh8f9(v=vs.110).aspx

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I would create a temp variable that allows you to assess it instead of looking for it after the fact.

GameObject clonePrefab = Instantiate(prefabObject,transform.position,Quaternion.identety) as Gameobject

clonePrefab.name = "new object's name" 
clonePrefab.tag = "objectstag"

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