Referencing private string for array name

[anosmicAnimator]

I have a number of arrays which are randomly selected from an array of array names. I have a function that writes the randomly selected array name to a string called newEq. The next function then references this string as the name of an array. But I keep getting the error “Cannot implicitly convert type char' to string’”.

void pickEquation () {
	newEq = Eqs[Random.Range(0, 50)];
	newEquation();
}

void newEquation () {
	LeftText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = newEq[0];
	TopText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = newEq[1];
	RightText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = newEq[2];
	BottomText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = newEq[3];
	Equation.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = newEq[17];
}

[flaviusxvii]

If newEq is of type ‘string’ then

newEq[0]

is grabbing the first char of that string. You can’t assign a char to Ringvariable if Ringvariable is a string as well.

[StormSabotage]

Even if your array has ‘string’ inside, you should use cast.

  ... = (string)newEq[0];

But your ‘newEq’ is not array, it’s ‘string’.
If you need random names your code will work that way:

LeftText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = Eqs[Random.Range(0, 50)];
TopText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = Eqs[Random.Range(0, 50)];
RightText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = Eqs[Random.Range(0, 50)];
BottomText.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = Eqs[Random.Range(0, 50)];
Equation.GetComponent<TextVariable>().Ringvariable = Eqs[Random.Range(0, 50)];