How do i call an function in another objects script.

Questions & Answers
1

I am going to need to call a function in a script in another object. How may I do this?

2

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3

You can make this by using the script component of the object and a little of C# reflection. Consider that you have a game object named ‘GameObjectA’ that has a script named ‘ScriptA’ with a method ‘YourMethod’ like:

public string YourMethod()
{
     return "A returned string";
}

So, to retrieve and use it you need to:

// get game object named 'GameObjectA' from scene
GameObject goA = GameObject.Find("GameObjectA");
// get its script component of type 'ScriptA'
ScriptA scriptA = goA.GetComponent<ScriptA>();
// get the method 'YourMethod' from its script component
MethodInfo m = scriptA.GetType().GetMethod("YourMethod");
// invoke the retrieved method using 'scriptA' instance
object o = m.Invoke(scriptA, new object[] {});
// cast the returned object and use its value in your code (in this case a returned string)
string ret = (string) o;
// ...

Remember the using System.Reflection;

4

If you want to call a function from another script, then in the other script put:

var script : ScriptName //Here you put the name of the script you want to call

function Start(){
   script.function() //Here you put the name of the function you want to call
}

In the inspector drag the gameobject containing the first script into the second script’s (the one above) place.