How to add symbols to string?

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1

Hello guys. Trying to make a script, which after pressing a button adds a letter to the string.
Each button = one letter.
Made simple script, so that GET is the result string, which i need.
But the problem is when i press the button, it doesn’t add new symbol to string, but “refreshes” it, so that it shows just a one symbol (“A”, for example - the name of the button), instead of showing “AA…”.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI;  

public class Script : MonoBehaviour {
	public Button MyButton;
		
	

		void OnEnable()
		{
			
			MyButton.onClick.AddListener(MyFunction);
			
		}
		

		void MyFunction()
		{
		var GET = (this.gameObject.name);
			Debug.Log (GET);
		}

	}

Would be very thankful for any help)

2

By typing this:

var GET = (this.gameObject.name);

You’re overriding GET.

I recommend you to create a new variable to keep track of all the symbols.

public var tracker = ""; // Declared in the beginning of the script.

And to add more symbols, you do this:

var GET = (this.gameObject.name);
tracker += GET;

Note: I haven’t tested this so the syntax might or might not work.

3

This symbol = means assign, as in it will take whats on the right and stuff it to the left.
This is why you get the same value.

You also need to use a member variable, rather then your local variable “GET”.
If you wish to “save” your value across diffrent method calls.

Here is an example of adding “this.gameObject.name” to a string rather then assigning.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 using UnityEngine.UI;  
 
 public class Script : MonoBehaviour
{
     public Button MyButton;
     private string theString;
 
     void OnEnable()
     {
        MyButton.onClick.AddListener(MyFunction);
     }
     void MyFunction()
     {
        theString += (this.gameObject.name);
        Debug.Log(theString);
     }
}