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# NAME
Receive engine name.



## <NAME

Receive engine name

**Datatype:** `MDI_CHAR`  
**Quantity**: `MDI_NAME_LENGTH`  

 Engine sends its name as per `-name` option in MDI initialization.

### Examples


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:::{tab-item} Python
:sync: python

```python
import mdi

# connect to the engine
mdi_engine = mdi.MDI_Accept_Communicator()

# receive the engine name from the engine
mdi.MDI_Send_Command("<NAME", mdi_engine)
name = mdi.MDI_Recv(MDI_NAME_LENGTH, mdi.MDI_CHAR, mdi_engine)

```
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:::{tab-item} C++
:sync: cpp

```cpp
#include "mdi.h"
#include <vector>

// connect to the engine
MDI_Comm mdi_engine = MDI_Accept_Communicator();

// create a buffer to hold the engine name
std::vector<char> name(MDI_NAME_LENGTH);

// receive the engine name from the engine
MDI_Send_Command("<NAME", mdi_engine);
MDI_Recv(name.data(), MDI_NAME_LENGTH, MDI_CHAR, mdi_engine)

```
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