Access Nodes in arrays via name / Instantiate with unique accessible name

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Godot Version

4.x

Question

Hello, I´m totally new here, and I´m just doing it for fun so pls expect not the smartest Dude…

@onready var AppleTemplate = preload(“res://…tscn”)
@onready var FrüchteKorbListe = preload(“res://…gd”)

# there is an array, Korb, with numbers and the first one is the name

for x in FrüchteKorbListe.Korb:

	var Frucht = ApfelTemplate.instantiate()
	var Infos = FrüchteKorbListe.Korb[x]
	Frucht.set_name(Infos[0])

*#so i have given every instantiated Frucht a diffrent name from the array “Korb” located in FrüchteKorbListe

#I have also added them to groups and as childs and in another array…*

	Frucht.add_to_group("x")
	$Parentnode1.add_child(Frucht)
	Array2.append(Frucht)#falls ich mit Arrays Arbeiten möchte

#i can ask for the name of the first Frucht in the Array2 via
print(Array2[0].get_name());
#it prints Name1

#But I cannot, and i dont know why and thats k1ll1ng me, find the Node in the array2 via the name

if Array2.has(Name1):# error Identifier Name1 not declared
if Array2.has("Name1"):# or something like this...

#I really think it has to with the part, that I didnt name every node unique, because when i write

print(str(Array2));

#it shows [Name1:<Node3D#28001174751>, Name2:<Node3D#28118615270>]
not just Name1,Name2

is there a way i can access thes nodes in the Array2 via the name?
or how can i manually change"#28001174751" i think if i can rename that i can access them.

Thx for YOUR help!!!

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You would have to go thorugh each one to find it sadly, but you can make a short function for this.

func find_node_in_array(needle_name: String) -> Node3D:
    for node in Array2:
        if node.name == needle_name:
            return node
    return null


# example usage
if find_node_in_array("Name1"):
    print("success!")
else:
    print("could not find Name1!"

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