.\"find an object with a given id in a given environment
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present
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present

.SH Name
.SI 5
present() - find an object by id
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.SH Synopsis
.SI 5
object present( mixed str );
object present( mixed str, object ob );
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.SH Description
.SP 5 5
If an object for which id(str) returns 1 exists, return it.

`str' can also be an object, in `str' is searched for, instead of calling
the function id().

If `ob' is given, then the search is done in the inventory of `ob', otherwise
the object is searched for in the inventory of the current object, and
in the inventory of the environment of the current object.
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.SH See also
.SI 5
move_object(), environment(), id()
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