[SOLVED] How to Change Text in C#?

So I just made the leap from being a JS newbie to a true C# programmer, but I have one issue:

How do I change UI text in C#?

In JS, you'd make a variable of type UI.Text

But apparently that doesn't work in C#?

I get an error saying:

"Error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'UI' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?"

I thought maybe to include "using UnityEngine.UI" but that didn't change things.

I don't know what to do here. How do I make a UI.Text variable?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

- Chris

 

EDIT: Found the solution with a different Google search than what I tried before and got this. So as I thought, "using UnityEngine.UI;"I is required, but then the variable type is simply Text, not UI.Text.

Hope this answer helps anyone who comes across this issue!

 

You do need a using UnityEngine.UI; and then declare the text like

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine.UI;
2.  
3. public class MyClass : MonoBehaviour
4. {
5.   public Text myText;
6.  
7.   public void setText(string newText)
8.   {
9.     myText.text = newText;
10.   }
11. }

I strongly suggest you step over to https://unity3d.com/learn and jump through some c# based tutorials - they'll help out a lot.

 

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. start
3. WhatYouWant = textGO.GetComponent<Text>();
4.  
5. public Text WhatYouWant;
6.  
7. public GameObject textGO;
8.  
9. textGo.text = WhatYouWant;

 

Both of you replied right after I figured it out Ty for the help!

 

For the record, you could also write out the fully qualified name, as in UnityEngine.UI.Text. It doesn't make much sense for UI, but I frequently use it when I just want to get a single type, and am not interested in the rest of the namespace.