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Question by GerPronouncedGrr · Jun 25, 2016 at 02:17 PM · transformarraysloops

do...while with Transforms?

I'm attempting to create a framework wherein I can move an object, regardless of type, along a set path defined by an n-dimensional array of path waypoints.

In the following method, _currentTarget will always be the next waypoint (index) in the array, or the previous point if we've reached points.Length (t$$anonymous$$s is obviously not currently implemented, I just mention it for context).

As written, t$$anonymous$$s method returns the error: Operator '<' cannot be applied to operands of type 'Transform' and 'int'

 void MoveObject(Transform[] points)
     {
         MovableObject.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(MovableObject.transform.position, _currentTarget, MoveSpeed*Time.deltaTime);
 
         var i = 0;
         do
         {
             // Move the object
         } w$$anonymous$$le (points[i] < points.Length);
     }

I've found out that Array.Length returns not the number of indices, as I had thought, but the total number of elements in the array. So, for a Transform component, we're talking nine elements per index, right? W$$anonymous$$le I t$$anonymous$$nk I understand why it doesn't work, I still can't figure out how to fix it.

How would you refactor the method, given the above constraints?

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Answer by jgodfrey · Jun 25, 2016 at 03:43 PM

T$$anonymous$$s...

 points[i]

is the transform at the i'th position in the points array. As the error says, you can't ask if a "Transform" is less than some int value (points.Length). You want to compare "i" itself, not points[i]. So...

 w$$anonymous$$le (i < points.Length);
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Wow... I feel like I need to go back to my first year courses. Thank you for point out my obvious (and embarrassing) error.

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