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Obtains the string representation of the unique object identifier.

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public override string ToString()

Type	Description
string	The string representation of the `GlobalObjectId` .

The string representation of a

GlobalObjectId

can be serialized, then used at a later time to re-initialize a

GlobalObjectID

struct.

The format of the string representation of the ID is

GlobalObjectId_V1-{i}-{a}-{l}-{p}

, where:

```
{i}
```
is the identifier type represented by an integer (0 = Null, 1 = Imported Asset, 2 = Scene Object, 3 = Source Asset).
```
{a}
```
is the asset GUID. This is a globally unique identifier that Unity assigns to every newly discovered asset. For more information, refer to Asset Metadata in the Manual.
```
{l}
```
is the local file ID of the object. For objects inside a prefab instance, this ID is the local file ID of the original source object that is part of the prefab. For more information, refer to GlobalObjectId.targetObjectId.
```
{p}
```
is the local file ID of the prefab instance of the object. If the object isn't part of a prefab instance, then
```
{p}
```
is
```
0
```
.

Note: Actual local file IDs are signed 64-bit values and can be negative. But in a

GlobalObjectId

, these values are cast to GlobalObjectId.targetObjectId, which is an unsigned 64-bit value (

ulong

). Therefore, a negative local file ID will lose its sign when saved to a

GlobalObjectId

and you should not rely on the value of

targetObjectId

, or the

{l}

element from the string representation of a GlobalObjectID, to find an object.