Help with arrays of arrays please

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1

I am trying to organize all my button texts into a neat array of arrays, I want the below to be put into a 6 element array but I cant get the syntax right.

	public Text[] SwordTexts = new Text[6];
	public Text[] ArmourTexts = new Text[6];
	public Text[] StaffTexts = new Text[6];
	public Text[] RingsTexts = new Text[6];	
	public Text[] AmuletTexts = new Text[6];
	public Text[] CrystalTexts = new Text[6];

Then the array of arrays:

	Text[,] AllTexts = new Text[6, 6];

Then in my start function:

		Text [,] AllTexts = new Text[,]{SwordTexts, ArmourTexts, StaffTexts, RingsTexts, AmuletTexts, CrystalTexts};

This line gets “A nested array initializer was expected” and I don’t understand why

3

I think you must create the jagged array in Awake. This works.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class Neat : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Text[] SwordTexts = new Text[6];
    public Text[] ArmourTexts = new Text[6];
    public Text[] StaffTexts = new Text[6];
    public Text[] RingsTexts = new Text[6];
    public Text[] AmuletTexts = new Text[6];
    public Text[] CrystalTexts = new Text[6];

    private Text[][] AllTexts;

    void Awake()
    {
        AllTexts = new Text[][]
        {
            SwordTexts,
            ArmourTexts,
            StaffTexts,
            RingsTexts,
            AmuletTexts,
            CrystalTexts
        };
    }
}
2

The C# documentation has the format for multidimensional array initializers: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa664573(v=vs.71).aspx

int[,] b = {{0, 1}, {2, 3}, {4, 5}, {6, 7}, {8, 9}};

That format seems like it’ll be awkward for your data so I’d probably just set the indices manually:

Text[,] AllTexts = new Text[6, 6];
AllTexts[0] = SwordTexts;

etc.