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Hello. Basically I have a series of objects in my scene, all with the same tag, "White".

I want to randomly pick one from this series, and using GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag I managed to create a list of the said objects. This "list", as the Unity Script Reference calls it, is apparently not an array, because if I try to assign a variable to a random member of it it gives me an error.

listWhites = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("White");
var i = Random.Range(0,listWhites.length);
var theObject : GameObject = listWhites[i];

Gives me this error:

MissingFieldException: Field 'System.MonoType.listWhites' not found. Boo.Lang.Runtime.DynamicDispatching.SliceDispatcherFactory.ResolveMember () Boo.Lang.Runtime.DynamicDispatching.SliceDispatcherFactory.CreateGetter () Boo.Lang.Runtime.RuntimeServices.CreateGetSliceDispatcher (System.Object target, System.String name, System.Object[] args) Boo.Lang.Runtime.RuntimeServices+c_AnonStorey1A.<>m_11 () Boo.Lang.Runtime.DynamicDispatching.DispatcherCache.Get (Boo.Lang.Runtime.DynamicDispatching.DispatcherKey key, Boo.Lang.Runtime.DynamicDispatching.DispatcherFactory factory) Boo.Lang.Runtime.RuntimeServices.Dispatch (System.Object target, System.String cacheKeyName, System.Type[] cacheKeyTypes, System.Object[] args, Boo.Lang.Runtime.DynamicDispatching.DispatcherFactory factory) Boo.Lang.Runtime.RuntimeServices.Dispatch (System.Object target, System.String cacheKeyName, System.Object[] args, Boo.Lang.Runtime.DynamicDispatching.DispatcherFactory factory) Boo.Lang.Runtime.RuntimeServices.GetSlice (System.Object target, System.String name, System.Object[] args) init.Generate () (at Assets/init.js:60) init.Start () (at Assets/init.js:21)

Any idea on how to do this? Thanks in advance, and sorry for the bad english

Answer 1

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Try this:

listWhites.Length

answered Mar 03 '11 at 06:48 PM

efge
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That's definitely not the problem. If I try to print i, it actually gives me a random number between 0 and the number of objects in the list.

Mar 03 '11 at 07:06 PM Bumbaz

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Answer 2

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This "list", as the Unity Script Reference calls it, is apparently not an array

The list is definitely an array. I would guess you're using the wrong type, but since you haven't included all of the relevant code, I can't say for sure. It's not Array, it's a GameObject array, as specified by the docs (look at the return type).

answered Mar 03 '11 at 07:57 PM

Eric5h5
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Answer 3

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You must add this after declaring list whites "[]" Like shown below

listWhites[] = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("White");
var i = Random.Range(0,listWhites.length);
var theObject : GameObject = listWhites[i];

answered Apr 18 '11 at 04:21 AM

Robert Engen
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This is incorrect. You can't use symbols like that in variable names, nor is it necessary in any case.

Apr 18 '11 at 04:56 AM Eric5h5

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