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<h4>whereis</h4>
<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangPid.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.erlang">OtpErlangPid</a>&nbsp;whereis(java.lang.String&nbsp;aname)</pre>
<div class="block">Determine the <a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangPid.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.erlang"><code>pid</code></a> corresponding to a registered name
 on this <a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpNode.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.er