How to convert a 'string' to the name of a 'void' function?

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1

Hi there, I was just wondering if there was any way I could simplify my below code here:
(instead of having to keep duplicating the code every time I make a new sign)
I was thinking the way to do it would be to convert the variable ‘signTouchingName’ into the name of the void function I am calling.

		if (signTouching.name == "Sign1") {
			GameObject.Find ("MessageBox").GetComponent<MessageText> ().Sign1 ();
		} else if (signTouching.name == "Sign2") {
			GameObject.Find ("MessageBox").GetComponent<MessageText> ().Sign2 ();
		} else if (signTouching.name == "Sign3") {
			GameObject.Find ("MessageBox").GetComponent<MessageText> ().Sign3 ();
		} else if (signTouching.name == "Sign4") {
			GameObject.Find ("MessageBox").GetComponent<MessageText> ().Sign4 ();
		} else if (signTouching.name == "Sign5") {
			GameObject.Find ("MessageBox").GetComponent<MessageText> ().Sign5 ();
		}

Any help appreciated thank you

2

Why not make 1 function where you can pass an int

public void Sign(int number) {

}

that would make it easier, you could do something like this:

// Substring(4) only takes all characters after the first 4
// Then I parse the character that we receive from string to an int
var number = int.Parse(signTouching.name.Substring(4));
.Sign(number);