What am i overlooking? -GameObject.GetComponent()-

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Okay so essentially I am trying to make a Door/Debris disappear when I press the E key and have enough points. Here is my code(s)

public int Points;

// Use this for initialization
void Start ()
{
    Points = 500;
}

public void AddPoints(int PointsToAdd)
{
    Points += PointsToAdd;
}

public void MinusPoints(int PointsToMinus)
{
    if (Points - PointsToMinus < 0) 
        {  //  }
    else { Points -= PointsToMinus; }              
}

I have attached that to the item Cam and it has no compiler error but when I use this…

public GameObject Cam;
public GameObject Buytext;
public GameObject Barrier;
public GameObject SorryText; 

// Use this for initialization
void Start ()
{
    Buytext.SetActive(false);
}

void OnTriggerEnter()
{
    Buytext.SetActive(true);
}

void OnTriggerStay()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
        {
            Barrier.SetActive(false);
            Buytext.SetActive(false);
        }
}

void OnTriggerExit()
{
    Buytext.SetActive(false);
}

Earlier I had tried to call upon my points variable in the if statement under OnTriggerStay like this…

    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E  &  Cam.GetComponent<PlayerPoints>.Points = 500) {

            Barrier.SetActive(false);
            Buytext.SetActive(false);

}

but it gave me the error :

CS0119 ‘GameObject.GetComponent()’ is a method, which is not valid in the given context

What am I doing wrong or am overlooking???

2

@LexTrigger

The error message describes that the GameObject.GetComponent is a method which means a method call must be followed by parenthesis, with or without any parameters. In this case GetComponent is a method call (also happens to take a generic parameter). The call should be of the form GameObject.GetComponent< T >(). Replace the if statement with the following instead, notice the additional parenthesis:

 if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E  &  Cam.GetComponent<PlayerPoints>().Points = 500)