Trying to get type by passing a string

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1

I’m trying to add a component to a GameObject by passing a string to it.

GameObject newGO = new GameObject();
string supportCardType = "mySupportCardType";
Type newType = Type.GetType(supportCardType);
newGO.AddComponent<newType>();

This doesn’t compile because: ‘newType’ is a variable but is used like a type.

2

GameObject newGO = new GameObject();
string supportCardType = “mySupportCardType”;
Type newType = Type.GetType(supportCardType);
newGO.AddComponent(newType);

It turns out that I just needed to use: AddComponent();
As opposed to : AddComponent();