# GetValueOrDefault\<T>(IGeneratedVariableStorage,string)

Method in [GeneratedVariableStorageExtensions](/api/csharp/yarn.unity/yarn.unity.generatedvariablestorageextensions.md)

## Summary

Gets a value for the variable `variableName` from `storage` , or else returns the default value of `T` .

```csharp
public static T? GetValueOrDefault<T>(this IGeneratedVariableStorage storage, string variableName)
    where T : IConvertible
```

## Parameters

| Name                                                                                                           | Description                                                 |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Yarn.Unity.IGeneratedVariableStorage](/api/csharp/yarn.unity/yarn.unity.igeneratedvariablestorage.md) storage | The generated variable storage class to get the value from. |
| `string` variableName                                                                                          | The name of the variable to get a value for.                |

## Type Parameters

| Name | Description                                   |
| ---- | --------------------------------------------- |
| T    | The type of the parameter to get a value for. |

## Returns

The value of `variableName` , or the default value of `T` .


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