how to determine if a certain Component is attached using a string reference

Unity Engine
1

I have a NonPlayabledCharacter gameObject that i find like this

FindObjectWithTag(“NonPlayableCharacter”); //using a string reference

once I find this gameobject, i need to be able to further determine if it has other script attached to it,

gameObject.GetComponent(“I Need To Use A String Reference”);

is there a way to determine is a component is attached to a game object this way

2

Well, I would assume it would return NULL if there wasn’t one attached, so try putting it in an if statement. Actually, just tested, it works fine in Unityscript.

3

right but I’m passing in a string reference in the editor, im creating a mini map, this maps finds all NonPlayableCharacters, depending on what type of NPC it is, it will assign a specific markers, these markers are also assigned in the editor

4

Right, well by putting the GetComponent in an if statement, you can determine if a component is attached…? Not sure what you want it to do? It should take a string variable from the editor public vars just find.

var StringHere;

if(gameObject.GetComponent(StringHere))
Do something;

No?

5

wow, i’m not sure how i missed that, i’m used to doing it like this, GetComponent(), i’ve never used GetComponent(), I’ll pretend I didn’t ask this question, thanks man