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title: mudlib / find_living
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# find_living

### NAME

    find_living() - find a living object matching a given id

### SYNOPSIS

    object find_living( string str );

### DESCRIPTION

    Find  first  the object that is marked as living, and answers to the id
    <str>.  A living object is an object that has called enable_commands().
    The  object  must  have  set a name with set_living_name(), so its name
    will be entered into the hash table used to speed  up  the  search  for
    living objects.

### SEE ALSO

    living(3),  livings(3),  find_player(3),  users(3), enable_commands(3),
    set_living_name(3)

