Extreme Beginner Scripting Question

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1

Hey, I am very very new to both Unity and Javascript so please bear with me with how simple my question is.

I am just trying to figure out the basics of how this works so I want a “cube” object i created to move up a little when I press the “Space” button.

I came up with this so far (my understanding is noted with // so whoever will respond can tell me if im correct)

    function Update () {      //every moment

if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))   //if Space bar is pressed down

    transform.position = Vector3.up;   //move the position of the object up along the z axis
}

obviously it doesn’t work any help is very appreciated

2

function Update () { //every moment

if (Input.GetButtonDown(“Jump”)) //if Space bar is pressed down

transform.position += transform.up * distance;   //move the position of the object up along the z axis

}

3

Don’t have “Jump” string!
Do you need to space key?