Issue with RigidBody causing a nullrefrence error

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I have a character asset in my game with a Rigidbody component attached, as shown here

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then my code as follows

public class CharController : MonoBehaviour
{

    private Rigidbody rb;
    private bool walkingRight = true;

    void Awake()
    {
        rb.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    }

    // Use this for initialization


   private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        rb.transform.position = transform.position + transform.forward * 2 * Time.deltaTime;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
        {
            Switch();
        }		
	}

    private void Switch()
    {
        walkingRight = !walkingRight;
        if (walkingRight)
        {
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 45, 0);
        }
        else
        {
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, -45, 0);
        }
    }
}

When i start the game to test the character movement i get

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
CharController.Awake () (at Assets/Scripts/CharController.cs:13)

At line 13 is in my Awake method it is telling me that the initialization is null but i am not understanding why it is null, as i have a rigidbody attached to my character object. Looking for any help as to why this is happening .

Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
dcaldessa

2

rb is null. You cannot get component from it

Try

 void Awake()
     {
         rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
     }
3

Issue has been resolved thanks