getMeshByName function does not return a mesh

[georage]

Hello, I am probably doing this all wrong, but I need a "get mesh by name" function.

I understand there is some sort of built in function for this, but I cannot find out how to use it.

I created this function, which I thought would return the mesh, but it doesn't. (I assign m.name during creation of all meshes, and this function does accurately report finding the mesh)

function getMeshByName(meshName, scene){    
    scene.meshes.forEach(function(m) {
            if(m.name == meshName) {
                console.log("found mesh " + m);
                return m;
                }
        });        
}

how do I make "m" return the actual mesh? Or how do I do this using the existing functions?

Thanks for any help!

[georage]

Never mind! I found the existing function! Sorry for the litter.

function getMeshByName(mName, scene){
    return scene.getMeshByName(mName);
}