Destroy first game object in a List of gameObjects once it gets to a certain size

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Hello everyone, I'm trying to destroy the first gameobject in a list of gameobjects once it hits a certain size. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to return the game object to destroy. This is what i have so far:

             if(floors.Count >= 9)
             {
                 Destroy(METHOD);
                 floors.RemoveAt(0);
             }

floors is the name of the list. I'm trying to destroy the first gameobject in that list, but i dont know what method to use. I've tried the 'First()' method, but apparently that doesnt work in unity. Also i looked over the MSDN documentation with no luck. If someone could help me out, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

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Answer by mattyman174 · Feb 14, 2015 at 10:33 PM

 if(floors.Count >= 9)
 {
   Destroy(floors[0]);
 }

Is that what you wanted?

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loserman778 · Feb 14, 2015 at 10:49 PM 0

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floors is a List type. Does 'floors[0]' work for lists? I was under the impression that it was just for arrays.

Phantomized · Feb 14, 2015 at 11:05 PM 1

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It does work. It is a global way of getting indexes from collection types. mattyman174's answer does work. however, keep in $$anonymous$$d that since you are only destroying the game object the list references, the list won't resize and floors[0] will simply be null. Consider using floors.RemoveAt(0) afterwards to avoid that.

loserman778 · Feb 14, 2015 at 11:15 PM 0

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Fantastic! Thank you so much for your help!

mattyman174 · Feb 14, 2015 at 11:38 PM 0

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Yes as Phantomized said it is good practice to clean up after yourself if that's what you intended, leaving an index null could lead to undesired behavior.

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