---
title: "getnamecallmethod"
description: "Reads the thread's current namecall atom."
---

```lua
getnamecallmethod(): string?
```

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## Aliases

None.

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## Arguments

This function takes no arguments.

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## Returns

<ResponseField name="method" type="string?">
  The current namecall method name, or nil if no atom is set.
</ResponseField>

Meaningful inside a __namecall handler; nil when no atom is set.

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## Example

```lua
print(getnamecallmethod())
```