AActor::GetDebugName

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Actor.h"

Access: public Specifiers: static

Description

Returns the actor's name as a string, or the literal string "NULL" if the pointer is null. Designed for safe use in log messages and debug output.

• This is a convenience wrapper around `GetName()` that handles null pointers — it does not add any extra information beyond the actor's base `UObject` name. For more context-rich identifiers (class name, net role), use `GetFullName()` or `GetPathName()` instead.
• The returned name is the `UObject` name, not any display or human-readable name. In PIE, names include auto-generated suffixes like `_C_0`.

static FString GetDebugName(const AActor* Actor) { return Actor ? Actor->GetName() : TEXT("NULL"); }

Name	Type	Description	Default
Actor	const AActor*	The actor to get the name of. May be null.	—

FString

Safe actor name in a log message C++

void AMySystem::ProcessActor(AActor* Actor)
{
    UE_LOG(LogGame, Log, TEXT("Processing actor: %s"), *AActor::GetDebugName(Actor));
}

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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