# get reference to variable in blueprint funcion return? **URL:** \ **Category:** Editor Scripting\ **Tags:** reference, unreal-engine, UE4, CPP, Blueprint, question\ **Created:** [January 23, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/get-reference-to-variable-in-blueprint-funcion-return/415324 "2018-01-23T07:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
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If your answer to my question (above) is “Yes”, here’s the information you require: > **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)** > > After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from... Update: If you want C++ to return a value to blueprints then you just want to use the BlueprintCallable specifier. Returning a reference is done by using standard C++ syntax (the ‘&’ token). You can search the web for more info on C++ references. Still shaky on what you want, but if all you want to do is implement a variable in BP and the C++ base class has access to it then you should just use UPROPERTY with the appropriate (i.e. BlueprintXXX) specifier(s). You declare it in C++ and assign it the reference to an object from within the BP. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/get-reference-to-variable-in-blueprint-funcion-return/415324)._