How to change variables on a new gameobject's script

[Avanak]

So, I have a MapBuilder object that has a script which places random stars on the 2d plane. While generating each star, I want to give them some variables to make them unique, for example their color or size.

I made a script that gets added to the new star objects that stores those variables, but I need to change them from the MapBuilder script.

The stars start as a new empty GameObject. I then add the script via the AddComponent function. Here is where I encounter my problems: I try to change the variable of the scripts, but Unity returns an error: starColor is not a member of UnityEngine.Component.

I have seen other people sing this method for chnaging variables so i don’t know why it is not working.

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This is the script in the MapBuilder object:

#pragma strict

var amtStars = 1;

function Start () {
	
	for (var  i = 0; i < amtStars; i++){
	
		var star = new GameObject("Star" + (i + 1));
		var inst = GameObject.Find("Star" + (i + 1));
		
		inst.AddComponent("starControler");
		var script = inst.GetComponent("starControler");
		script.starColor = "red";
		//star.transform.position = transform.position;
		//star.AddComponent("SpriteRenderer");
	}
}

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This is the script in the new star, it is just there to store the variable:

#pragma strict

public var starColor : String;

function Start(){
	Debug.Log(starColor);
}

[Baste]

You need to tell your script that the component you get is a starControler:

inst.AddComponent("starControler");
var script = inst.GetComponent("starControler") as starControler;
script.starColor = "red";

Since AddComponent actually returns the added component, you can cut it down and make it more readable:

var script = inst.AddComponent("starControler") as starControler;
script.starColor = "red";

That should work, though my UnityScript isn’t the sharpest. As an additional pet peeve - controller is written with two l’s, and classes should be capitalized, so it should be StarController, not starControler.