Cannot implicitly convert type `int' to `UnityEngine.Vector3'

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Is it possible to convert an integer to a Vector3?

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class grasstestdelete : MonoBehaviour {

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
	
		//Debug.Log(Mathf.RoundToInt(10.7F));
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {

		transform.position = Mathf.RoundToInt (gameObject.transform.position.x);
		//transform.position = Mathf.RoundToInt (gameObject.transform.position.y);
		//transform.position = Mathf.RoundToInt (gameObject.transform.position.z);
	}
}

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well if you wanted to do this right, you would have to get a copy of the Vector3, change the vectors and pass it back.

using your code and modifying:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
 
public class grasstestdelete : MonoBehaviour {
 
    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
 
        //Debug.Log(Mathf.RoundToInt(10.7F));
    }
 
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {
			Vector3 pos = transform.position; // get a copy
			
			pos.x = Mathf.RoundToInt(gameObject.transform.position.x);
			pos.y = Mathf.RoundToInt(gameObject.transform.position.y);
			pos.z = Mathf.RoundToInt(gameObject.transform.position.z);
			
			transform.position = pos; // now put it back and override the vector3 with the new one.
    }
}

Thank you!

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Umm, no… A Vector 3 contains 3 floating point values. In your code, that Vector3 represents a position in 3 dimensional space. How would you represent that with a single int value? Could the number 23, say, represent a position in 3d space?