Component Type access from string

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Hi guys, I’ve got an interesting problem. I am trying to access static variables in a script of level data, but I want that script to have a unique name for each level:

level1
level2
level3
…

I can add these components to my field generator object no problem with:

var levelNum : int = level;
levelTemp = gameObject.AddComponent ("level" + levelNum);

The problem is, I need to call them as their Type for the iPhone to recognize them, like this other script for example:

FieldScript = scriptMaster.GetComponent(FieldArray) as FieldArray;

Unfortunately, I can’t use a string for the Type tag, so how do I get the component name dynamically? For example, if I need to load the level3 script, I want to do something like:

var levelNum : int = 3;
levelTemp = gameObject.AddComponent ("level" + levelNum);
levelScript = gameObject.GetComponent("level" + levelNum) as ("level" + levelNum);

Do you see my problem? I’ve tried many things, but I can’t seem to get that Type name using a string. Do I have to use System.Reflection for this? I understand that’s bad practice.

Any help would be appreciated, or if you’ve got a better idea of how to get the data from individual scripts, I’d love to hear it!

Thank you!

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If this helps anyone, I solved my problem in a different way by loading external text files, with the help of a number of posts on the forum:

static var levelNum = 1;

private var textLevelSize : int = 20;
private var levelArray : int[] = new int[20*20];

var levelText = StreamReader(Application.dataPath +"/level"+levelNum+".txt");

var temp = levelText.ReadToEnd();

var regex : String = ","; 
var arr : Array = Regex.Split(temp,regex);