How to display variable in text?

Unity Engine
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Yes,my question is very simple,but i just don’t know how to do it.
I have a textUI in my scene.
In another script,i have a variable that counts the number of bullets the player has.
I simply want to display that variable in my textUI.
How can i do that?

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You need a reference to the Text object, then you can change the text through script.

using UnityEngine.UI; // Don't forget this line
public class Script : MonoBehaviour
{
   public Text counterText;
   public float counter;

   public void Update()
   {
      counterText.text = counter.ToString();
   }
}
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Thank you so much,worked fine!!!

4

I was making an ammo counter for an fps game and it worked great thank you

5

This helped me a bunch! thank you

6

Helped me too! Very simple! Thanks!!!

7

May I ask I am really really really new to unity and I am using textmesh pro how do I connect the variable to the text

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