<function name="GetConVar" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Gets the <page>ConVar</page> with the specified name. <note>This function uses <page>Global.GetConVar_Internal</page> internally, but caches the result in Lua for quicker lookups.</note> <warning>Due to this function using <page>Global.GetConVar_Internal</page> internally it tends to be relatively slow. Please attempt to 'cache' the return of what you used to make it instead of using this function. Example: ``` local exampleConvar = CreateClientConVar("exampleConvar", "hi") print(exampleConvar:GetString()) ``` </warning> </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="451-L469">lua/includes/util.lua</file> <file line="471-L483">lua/includes/util.lua</file> <args> <arg name="name" type="string">Name of the ConVar to get</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="ConVar">The <page>ConVar</page> object, or nil if no such <page>ConVar</page> was found.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Makes a ConVar and utilizes GetConVar to print the value of the ConVar.</description> <code> CreateClientConVar("exampleConvar", "hi") concommand.Add("exampleConvar2", function() MsgN("ConVar Value: " .. GetConVar("exampleConvar"):GetString()) end) </code> <output> ``` ConVar Value: hi ``` </output> </example>