convert string to type?

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Hey, i want to modify my unity editor, so i write a script to add components with their name. You can write the name in a textfield an then it adds the component with the name to den game object. But then i would add a component to the childrens, but this doesn't work. error : No appropriate version of 'UnityEngine.Component.GetComponentInChildren' for the argument list '(String)' was found.

here is my script code:

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I think i need a function like parsetype or something. Does anyone have a solution for this problem?

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Answer by TowerOfBricks · Apr 13, 2011 at 02:28 PM

I think the only way to do this is by using reflection. Namely Assembly.GetType (string);

import System.Reflection;

function WhatsTheType (myType : string) {
    Debug.Log ("This was a "+Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetType (myType));
}

I hope the code will compile, used to writing C#. And also, I think the GetExecutingAssembly call is quite slow, so you might want to save that between the tests.

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