What is the C# equivalent of Window in JavaScript?

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I'm fairly new to Unity but I've been using JavaScript in coding browser based apps for a while. Can anyone tell me what the C# equivalent of Window in JavaScript is? I am trying to access several variables using very similar code and I would like to do it using a for loop. In JavaScript I would do it like:

var north = "North"; var south = "South"; var west = "West"; var east = "East";

var directions = ["north", "south", "east", "west"];

for (i = 0; i < ; i++) { window[directions[0]] = ""; }

What would be the C# equivalent of this code, in particular the Window part? Thanks.

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Answer by tanoshimi · Nov 17, 2015 at 12:57 PM

The Window object only exists in the context of Javascript for the web, where it is an object reference to the parent browser window - there is no equivalent in Javascript or C# for Unity.

What are you trying to achieve? It's unclear what the function of Window in the above code is - it could simply be reduced to:

 string[] directions = {"north", "south", "east", "west"};
 for (int i=0; i<...; i++) { directions[0] = ""; }

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Nalax · Nov 18, 2015 at 02:19 AM 0

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Sorry for no being more clear. I am trying to create a "snap to" mechanic for constructing sructures in my game. For each direction (north, south, east, west), I am using a function like:

      foreach (GameObject northface in north)
      {
         foreach (GameObject southface in south)
         {
             float distance = Vector3.Distance(northface.transform.position, southface.transform.position);

             if (distance < snapDistance) {
                 activeFacePosition = northface.transform.position;

                 targetFacePosition = southface.transform.position;

                 facePositionDifference = activeFacePosition - targetFacePosition;

                 transform.position += facePositionDifference;

                 normal$$anonymous$$ovement = false;
             }
         }
     }

At present I have four functions basically identical to this one, the only difference being the direction. I would like to have a loop that runs the above function four times with the different directions.

tanoshimi Nalax · Nov 18, 2015 at 10:23 AM 0

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So you want a single function with a switch() statement based on the direction. Although you'd be better off treating direction as an enum rather than an array of strings. Like this:

 public enum Direction { North, South, East, West }

 Direction currentDirection = Direction.South; // for example

 public void SnapTo(Direction dir){

   switch(dir){

     case Direction.North:
       // do whatever when direction is north
       break;

     case Direction.East:
       // do whatever when direction is east
       break;

     ....
   }
 }

Nalax tanoshimi · Nov 19, 2015 at 07:53 AM 0

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I'm not sure how the above code would simplify the need to have four copies of the function I gave in my other reply as I would still need to have each one under each of the cases of the switch statement as well as having a for loop to change the currentDirection variable to the four directions. All directions have to be run each Update. What I'm looking for is something that can be used to contstruct a variable name using the name of the direction and then the string "face" in such a way that I can then call the resulting variable name and use it.

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