Passing a Script Name to a Function

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Is this possible? I'd like to be able to input the script name as a parameter in the function like so:

 function CacheScript(someVariable : scriptName[], anotherVariable : scriptName)
 {
    for (var i : int = 0; i < gameObject.Length; i++)
    {
       someVariable[i] = gameObject[i].GetComponent(anotherVariable);
    }
 }

Problem is figuring out which type to declare for "someVariable" and "anotherVariable" since I won't know the variable type until I enter the custom script name when I call the function. I've tried researching all the different types I could use to declare the variable type but coming up empty. Any help would be hugely appreciated!

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Answer by MadDave · Aug 23, 2012 at 03:23 PM

You should be able to use UnityEngine.Object (or just Object) instead of String.

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Answer by Kevin Harris · Aug 23, 2012 at 03:55 PM

Have you tried making someVariable an array of Components instead of Strings?

You might also consider GameObject.GetComponentsInChildren if the target game objects are children of the object running the query.

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