char and char*

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How do I convert a char to char*?

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 DeathText.text = new String(' ');
 Error CS1503 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'char' to 'char*'

I'm using Visual Studio

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Answer by Bunny83 · Jan 03, 2018 at 11:36 PM

You don't want to use a char pointer in Unity as it requires unsafe code. The String constructor has several overloads but there is none that takes just a single char value. In almost all cases you don't need / want to use a string constructor at all.

If you want to set the text to a string that contains a single space character you would just do

 DeathText.text = " ";

Though in most cases when you want to clear the text you would assign an empty string:

 DeathText.text = "";

Note that string literals use double quotes " while char literals use single quotes '.

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unity_5Z0aKVnorDc67w · Jan 09, 2018 at 03:54 AM 0

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unity_5Z0aKVnorDc67w · Jan 09, 2018 at 04:13 AM 0

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when i do DeathText.text = ""; it says that a string cannot be converted to char when i do DeathText.text = ''; it says it cannot be an empty char literal.

Bunny83 unity_5Z0aKVnorDc67w · Jan 09, 2018 at 02:14 PM 0

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What is "DeathText" and how is "text" declared? As i said you should never even think about char* in C#. Char pointer require an unsafe context to be used. A single char variable can only hold a single character.

Your question is missing a lot of details. We can only guess those missing things. You may want to edit your question and add more details.

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Answer by OneCept-Games · Jan 03, 2018 at 11:26 PM

This does not look like Unity, but try:
DeathText.text = new string(' '); string with small s.

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unity_5Z0aKVnorDc67w · Jan 09, 2018 at 03:53 AM 0

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i tried that

char and char*

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