GetComponent or simply word........?

Hi, what is the difference between this two bits of codes ? :

Code (csharp):

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2. var myTransform : Transform = GameObject.Find("transformer").GetComponent(Transform);
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and this one :

Code (csharp):

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2. var myTransform : Transform = GameObject.Find("transformer").transform;
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by the way, both do exactly the same but technically don´t know the true difference...

Greetings.

 

They are literally the exact same.

.transform is the equivalent of GetComponent (Transform)

 

so better to use transform alone to save time hehe thanks..

 

And. most importantly, cache it to a variable so it only happens once.

 

yes!, actually i have all the vars inside an Awake function is useful!

 

If you can use the .transform property vs GetComponent(Transform). I can't really say that its faster to do it this way ( i think it probably is ) but in the worse case it would be as fast.

 

i´m not a programmer, but i´m becoming a bit lazy with code, btw .. there are only few lines using transform component... and never used it on update functions, so i guess it might not be a problem !

 

Right. Its all about context. Do it one and no big deal, do it 100 times per frame and you've got a problem.

 

transform is already referenced to the transform component of the object i guess.

 

You mean cached?
I don't think it is. Unity recommends caching it.