# This.\_name problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this--name-problem/30583>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 10, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this--name-problem/30583 "2003-09-10T20:16:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![moshlp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@moshlp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/moshlp)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this--name-problem/30583/1 "2003-09-10T20:16:46Z")

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hi  
i want to know the command to know the instance name of an object.  
I was told it was this.\_name , but it doesn´t work…any ideas??