# Find actors with unique name on the level with Editor Utility Blueprint

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**Category:** Blueprint\
**Tags:** Blueprint-Utilities, unreal-engine, editor, question, Blueprint\
**Created:** [December 12, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/find-actors-with-unique-name-on-the-level-with-editor-utility-blueprint/2214727 "2024-12-12T20:41:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlexOnyschenko](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@AlexOnyschenko](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexOnyschenko)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/find-actors-with-unique-name-on-the-level-with-editor-utility-blueprint/2214727/1 "2024-12-12T20:41:12Z")

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I need a blueprint logic which can check names for selected actors on the level and if there is an actor with unique name (no duplicates), then it shows up on the screen.

Details: I have two maps with exactly the same actors (lights,reflection captures etc.). But as soon as the first map is getting new actors I want to have a possibility to quickly track those new actors and copy them to my 2nd map (optimized one).

For this I create a new persistant map, add those 2 maps as sublevels and now I have a list of objects in my world outliner - many objects have the same name, but they are placed on different maps. I want BP to show me If there is an actor on MAP\_01 which I don’t have on MAP\_02 yet

 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/d/7/d/d7dbc552635a07ce27aff86ebf68759ff0fbcd8f.png)  
I started with this, but currently can’t understand how to compare names, get unique one and store it somewhere or at least print it so I can see what exact actor is it  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/f/a/a/faa0975938e15b116096442b578d0b08ee72f037.png)

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**Author:** ![brs-sebascova](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/brs-sebascova/32/1052483_2.png) [@brs-sebascova](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/brs-sebascova)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/find-actors-with-unique-name-on-the-level-with-editor-utility-blueprint/2214727/2 "2024-12-12T21:39:14Z")

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Greetings @AlexOnyschenko!

Please check the following UE guides on how to setup the required logic to find your actors in the scene:

> **[Finding Actors in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.5 Documentation | Epic...](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/finding-actors-in-unreal-engine)**
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> A tutorial on how to find Actors in your scene by using Blueprint Scripting / C++ in Unreal Engine.

> **[Set and Get an Actor Reference in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.5...](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/set-and-get-an-actor-reference-in-unreal-engine)**
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> Use an actor reference to move actors around in a level.

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**Author:** ![AlexOnyschenko](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@AlexOnyschenko](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AlexOnyschenko)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/find-actors-with-unique-name-on-the-level-with-editor-utility-blueprint/2214727/3 "2024-12-13T08:58:05Z")

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Thanks for your reply!  
I’ve seen those documents, get all actors from class is like an alternative way to select objects instead of “selected actors” via editor utility blueprint.

But I didn’t see anything about comparing names of the objects in the array and adding to the list the unique ones (which names don’t have duplicates)