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find_children returns [] if match string is given #63757

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sairam4123 opened this issue Aug 1, 2022 · 1 comment · Fixed by #75459
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find_children returns [] if match string is given #63757

sairam4123 opened this issue Aug 1, 2022 · 1 comment · Fixed by #75459
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sairam4123 commented Aug 1, 2022 •
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Godot version

v4.0.alpha13.official [59dcddc45]

System information

Windows 11, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, 27.21.14.5771

Issue description

find_children method of Node returns empty list even if it is looking for a node with a name is present in the tree!
It finds the node if the match_string is "*".

Steps to reproduce

find_children("*name*", "", true, true)  # returns []
find_children("*") # returns [nodes! whoohoo!]

Minimal reproduction project

MRP.zip
@sairam4123 sairam4123 changed the title find_children returns [] if match string is given find_children returns [] if match string is given Aug 1, 2022
@Chaosus Chaosus added this to the 4.0 milestone Aug 1, 2022
@Chaosus Chaosus moved this to To Assess in 4.x Priority Issues Aug 1, 2022
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heppocogne commented Aug 1, 2022 •
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This might be because find_children only searches for the children nodes whose names match the match_string.

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In this case, find_children("A*","",true,true) would returns ["A", "A/Alpha"] but not "B/Alpha".

@heppocogne heppocogne mentioned this issue Aug 1, 2022
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@YuriSizov YuriSizov moved this from To Assess to In Progress in 4.x Priority Issues Sep 13, 2022
@YuriSizov YuriSizov modified the milestones: 4.0, 4.1 Feb 27, 2023
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