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Virtuoso Studio Design Environment SKILL Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

dbFindAnyInstByName

dbFindAnyInstByName( 
d_cellView 
t_name 
) 
=> d_inst / nil

Description

Retrieves an instance or mosaic.

The use of this function is more efficient than searching through the list of instances on the cellview for the correct one and is preferred when a specific instance is needed.

dbFindAnyInstByName is also defined as dbGetInstanceByName for compatibility with earlier versions of software.

Arguments

d_cellView

Name of the cellview.

t_name

Name of the instance.

Value Returned

d_inst

The dbObject of the instance.

nil

The instance or mosaic is not retrieved.

Examples

dbFindAnyInstByName(inCellView "inst1")
dbFindAnyInstByName(inCellView "myInv<0:1>")

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