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So why can one use Blah = GameObject.FindWithTag("Blah").transform, but you can't use Blah = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Blah").transform?

What's the difference, and is there a simple workaround for finding the transforms of multiple objects with the same tag?

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Answer 1

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GameObject[] blahObjects = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Blah");
foreach(GameObject blah in blahObjects)
{
 blah.transform ...
}

find objects returns an array not a single object to use.

answered Apr 21 '11 at 10:36 PM

Bryan 4
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Thank you, appreciate it ;)

Apr 22 '11 at 01:11 AM superventure

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Answer 2

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You can use Array.ConvertAll()

GameObject[] Blahs = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("SomeTag");
Transform[] BlahTransforms = Array.ConvertAll<GameObject, Transform>(Blahs, x => x.transform );

answered Apr 22 '11 at 12:26 AM

Peter G
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I don't think you can do this? GameObject can't just be cast to Transform, you need to get the transform member of it.

Apr 22 '11 at 09:45 AM superpig

That's what I'm doing. The converter inputs a GameObject and returns the attached Transform component.

Apr 22 '11 at 10:00 AM Peter G

Oh, my bad - my browser was cutting off the rightmost part of your code, so I didn't see the second argument to Array.ConvertAll(). :-)

Apr 22 '11 at 06:43 PM superpig

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Answer 3

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Also LINQ (if you aren't targeting mobile):

var transforms = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Blah").Select(g => g.transform);

answered Apr 22 '11 at 09:44 AM

superpig
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FindWithTag.transform works, FindWithTags.tranform doesn't. Why?

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