Syntax Help: JS ---> Reference a variable in another JS script

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Help. 5 hours later, reading many, many posts later, and I cannot get the syntax correct, for referencing a variable from one JS script to another. ( I know how to do this in C#, but need to do this one in JS.)

First Script:

#pragma strict

private var  playerObject : GameObject ;

function Start () {
playerObject = GameObject.Find("Player");

var theScript = playerObject.GetComponent("PowerupsMainController") ;

print ("At -Start- function of showcarrottextonscreen js script, the value of variable -theScript- is: " + theScript);

var totalcarrots = theScript.carrotcounter;

 print (" The Collected carrot count is: " + totalcarrots);
}

^ The above results in error: BCE0019: ‘carrotcounter’ is not a member of ‘UnityEngine.Component’.

** The first “Print” line on line 10, results in this print out in the console: At -Start- function of showcarrottextonscreen js script, the value of variable -theScript- is: Player (PowerupsMainController)
UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:print(Object)

if it helps, the 2nd script, where I want to read the value from, has this as the variable I’m looking to reference:

#pragma strict


public var carrotcounter: int; //counter referenced to display amount of carrots at Game Over.

So, I think that I’ve gotten as far as “finding” the script itself (PowerupsMainController) but cannot seem to pull up the variable value… I think it’s the syntax, but am using Unity 5.6 which has cut out autocomplete from Monodevelop, and I’m feeling quite blind…

Thanks for your advice.

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UnityScript knows generics, so this should work:

var theScript = playerObject.GetComponent.<PowerupsMainController>();

and yes, the dot goes there :slight_smile: