Get Component for variable in C#

Unity Engine
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Hi,
I’m trying to get access to variables from another script in C#

in javascript i’d use:
variable = GameObject.Find(“myobject”).GetComponent(“myscript”).othervariable;

but this doesn’t seem to work. In c# it says:
UnityEngine.Component does not contain a definition for othervariable

Thanks for any help you can provide

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Try (untested, but you should get the idea):

variable = (GameObject.Find("myobject").GetComponent(typeof(myscript)) as myscript).othervariable;

GetComponent returns object of type Component. Because of that you get it in correct type. You could also cast it:

variable = ((myscrip)GameObject.Find("myobject").GetComponent(typeof(myscript))).othervariable;

I would not use string version of GetComponent as it is slower than alternative one. In addition, with typeof() compiling fails if there is something wrong (e.g., typo in class name).

3

If myscript is javascript. You must put it in precompile step. Otherwise you can’t access it in c# script.

4

oh, this sounds interesting. I thought it is not possible at all to share one and the same Variables across JavaScript and C# scripts.
Can you briefly describe what you mean by put it in precompile step? Is that difficult. (I am very new to programming)

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You can see this link:

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You can’t share them.
You can only expose them from JS to C# or from C# to JS, but knowledge of the other class will never work in both directions.