Playing audioClip w/ static function

Unity Engine
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I wrote a static function to display a dialog box in my game with the character name, message, the works. I can even play an audio blip to represent the character’s voice. But when I run this code:

static function dialogBox (boxSize : String, message : String, charaName : String, buttonName : String, messageNumb : int, Skin : GUISkin, charaSound : AudioClip) {
	GUI.skin = Skin;
	
	var boxX;
	var boxY;
	
	if (boxSize == "Small") {
		boxX = 240;
		boxY = 150;
	}
	
	if (boxSize == "Large") {
		boxX = 260;
		boxY = 200;
	}
	
	GUI.Box (Rect ((Screen.width / 2) - (boxX / 2), (Screen.height / 2) - (boxY / 2), boxX, boxY), charaName);
	GUI.Label (Rect ((Screen.width / 2) - ((boxX / 2) - 10), (Screen.height / 2) - ((boxY / 2) - 15), boxX - 20, boxY - 50), message);
	if (GUI.Button (Rect ((Screen.width / 2) - ((boxX / 2) - 10), (Screen.height / 2) + ((boxY / 2) - 25), boxX - 20, 20), buttonName)) {
		audio.PlayOneShot(charaSound);
		return messageNumb + 1;
	}
}

I get this error:

An instance of type ‘UnityEngine.Component’ is required to access non static member ‘audio’.

Suggestions?

2

A static function can only access static variables (ie, class variables). Here, “audio” is an instance variable, so you can’t use it from a static function.