Calling an array in OnGUI function

Questions & Answers
1

I want to print the message which I have previously declared as an array. This is my code:-

var an = new Array();
an[0] = "Message1";
function OnGUI()
{
    GUI.Label(Rect(0.8*Screen.width,0.12*Screen.height,0.1*Screen.width,0.5*Screen.height),an[0]);

}

What have I done wrong here, in printing the message? Can someone tell me? Thanks in advance.

2

You didn’t tell us what errors you’ve got, but I suppose your problem is the undefined type of an: the Array class creates an untyped array, and GUI.Label must know the argument type to select the right version (string, texture etc.). You could do the following:

function OnGUI(){
  var a: String = an[0]; // copy the array element to a string variable
  GUI.Label(Rect(0.8*Screen.width,0.12*Screen.height,0.1*Screen.width,0.5*Screen.height), a);
}

But a better solution would be to avoid the Array class: it’s way slower than the builtin arrays, and due to its untyped nature always give us a lot of headaches. You could declare a public String array and assign your messages to it in the Inspector, like this:

var an: String[]; // assign your messages at the Inspector

function OnGUI(){ // no need to use a string variable, since an is a string array
   GUI.Label(Rect(0.8*Screen.width,0.12*Screen.height,0.1*Screen.width,0.5*Screen.height), an[0]);
}