Changing Label Text Through Code

Unity Engine
1

I have tried everything I know to do, but I cannot get my label to change text through code. Yes, I have looked it up, but nothing seems to work!

2

Assuming you have a scene that contains a Canvas and a child object containing a UI.Text component, add the following example script to your text object.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI; // The namespace for the UI stuff.
using System.Collections;


public class SandBox_10 : MonoBehaviour {

    private Text m_TextComponent;

    void Awake()
    {
        // Get a reference to the text component
        m_TextComponent = GetComponent<Text>();

        m_TextComponent.text = "This is the new text.";
    }
}

Here is an image of the scene hierarchy

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3

Thanks for the reply, but is there anyway you could write this for js?

4

I am bumping this as I still can not get it to work in javascript…

5

I have the exact same problem and I must have read/watched 100 you tube videos… Its not working for me on a Mac (5.3.4f1)

6

@Fireking883 @Arkayn

Any reason you are not using C#?

I strongly recommend switching.

7

I am using C#… still not working…

8

Take a look at the example I posted above which works. You have to make sure you add the “using” statement to include the UnityEngine.UI namespace.

9

SOLVED !!!.

use the type UnityEngine.UI.Text as below where appropriate.

public UnityEngine.UI.Text testchange;
and GetComponent<UnityEngine.UI.Text>();

NOT

public Text testchange;
Get Component();

I found it in the Debugger. The variable type listed as Text(UnitEngine.UI.Text);

Sorry I cant write it in Java for you…

10

As per the example I provided and my last post, you need to either reference the namespace of the text class or include it using.

using UnityEngine.UI; // The namespace for the UI stuff.
11

I am not using it because I learned on Javascript and I haven’t had time to switch over, but I do plan on learning it one day.

12

Thank you all for the help! I looked at it again today and got it working! Here is the code if anyone else is having this problem:

#pragma strict
var IsRock : boolean;
var RockAmount : int;
function Start () {
    if(IsRock == true){
        var text : UnityEngine.UI.Text;
        text = gameObject.GetComponent(UnityEngine.UI.Text);
        text.text = "Rock: "+RockAmount;
    }
}
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Thanks for the post! It makes things work. :slight_smile: