Can't set start Transform?

Scripting
1

Why isn’t it possible to set the start Transform of a object as a variable?

Take this script for example:

private var yStart = transform.position.y;

function Update () {
print (yStart);
}

For it Unity gives me nothing but trouble:

“System.NullReferenceExeption: Object reference not set up to an instance of an object”!

I guess I could manually set the start position of the object, but Im lazy!

2

There you go, If Unity had updated the script in my obj after I tried placing transform inside a Start function, I would have known better than to post this post.

And If I could now delete the unnessecary post I could awoid looking like a spammer and keep some of my reputation intact. Arrhg! :cry: