Listing all variable object types

Unity Engine
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I apologise for such a basic question.

I’m getting fairly familiar with Unityscript, but I am starting to work with NGUI so I figured it’s about time I jumped into the world of C#.

I’m already coming to grief, just with declaring variable types - like GameObject etc. I’m trying to capture a script in a variable (using GetComponent). Can anyone tell me what object type this variable needs to be declared as? I’m used to Unityscript where I don’t have to explicitly declare it as anything - the end result being that I don’t know what Unity’s various object types actually are, beyond the basics like GameObject, Camera etc.

I can’t seem to find them in the scripting reference either, which leads me to believe that they are called something other than object types?

Damn, I was starting to make progress too (with Unityscript). Back to the drawing board!

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First of all, what component are you getting? Generally, the component type that you are getting will return the particular datatype. For example:

GameObject myObject = GetComponent<GameObject>(); // Returns GameObject data type
Renderer myRenderer = GetComponent<Renderer>(); // Returns Renderer data type
MyScript myScript = GetComponent<MyScript>(); // Returns your script attached to the object
var myVar = GetComponent<MyScript>(); // If you are unsure of the datatype, you can use var

However, if let’s say you are using the other GetComponent which takes in a string…

GameObject myObject = GetComponent("GameObject") as GameObject; // You'll need to define the datatype using as
MyScript myScript = GetComponent("MyScript") as MyScript;
var myVar = GetComponent("MyScript"); // You can still do this with var in C#