# TLO:FindItem

## Description

A TLO used to find an item on your character, corpse, or a merchant by partial or exact name match. *See examples below.*

## Forms

|                                                                                                                 |                                                                               |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [*item*](/macroquest/data-types-and-top-level-objects/data-types/datatype-item.md) **FindItem\[name]**          | Returns item on your character, a corpse, or a merchant by partial name match |
| [*item*](/macroquest/data-types-and-top-level-objects/data-types/datatype-item.md) **FindItem\[**=name\*\*]\*\* | Returns item on your character, a corpse, or a merchant by exact name match   |

## Access to Types

* [*item*](/macroquest/data-types-and-top-level-objects/data-types/datatype-item.md) **item**

## Examples

Looks for the Cleric Epic (by exact match) and prints its ID.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Lua" %}

```lua
/lua parse mq.TLO.FindItem("=Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh").ID()
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="MQScript" %}
`/echo ${FindItem[=Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh].ID}`
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Looks for an item with the name swirling in it, and prints the ID.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Lua" %}

```lua
/lua parse mq.TLO.FindItem("swirling").ID()
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="MQScript" %}
`/echo ${FindItem[swirling].ID}`
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## See Also

* [Top-Level Objects](/macroquest/data-types-and-top-level-objects/top-level-objects.md)
* [item](/macroquest/data-types-and-top-level-objects/data-types/datatype-item.md)


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