Time for action – accessing a variable in the current Component

Let's look at accessing a variable in LearningScript from inside LearningScript.

1. Modify LearningScript as shown in the following figure:

   

2. Save the file.

3. In Unity, click on Play.

What just happened?

Here are the outputs in the Console:

An analysis of the code shown in the previous code screenshot is as follows:

Line 6: string myString = "Access the variable ";

• myString is the variable that will be accessed

• Notice that it's private by default, yet it can still be accessed

Line 17: Debug.Log(myString + "the normal way.");

• This is how we have been accessing the value stored in a variable, by just using the variable name

• The string value in myString, Accessing this variable, is substituted for the variable name

• myString is being accessed without using Dot Syntax or GetComponent(), because a script always has access to its own variables and methods

Line 18: Debug.Log(this.myString + "using 'this' keyword.");

• myString is being accessed using...