get ID of display object

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi, is there a way to get he ID of a display object?
When I print the object to the terminal, it shows something like

table: 0x4bc8d0

I just want to get the “0x4bc8d0” as a string
thanks
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#2

Maybe something like: tableString = tostring(myObject) [import]uid: 48658 topic_id: 10732 reply_id: 38938[/import]

#3

thanks for the quick reply Tim!
I’m so dumb [import]uid: 49842 topic_id: 10732 reply_id: 38940[/import]

#4

No problem, if you want a human readable string rather than the table string, you could name the object like:

local myRectangle = display.newRect(0, 0, 150, 50) myRectangle.name = "myName" print(myRectangle.name) [import]uid: 48658 topic_id: 10732 reply_id: 38942[/import]