Private variables
Not all variables need to be public. If there's no need for a variable to be changed in the Inspector panel or be accessed from other scripts, it doesn't make sense to clutter the Inspector panel with needless properties. In LearningScript
, perform the following steps:
- Change line 6 to this:
private int number1 = 2;
- Then change line 7 to the following:
int number2 = 9;
- Save the file.
- In Unity, select Main Camera.
You will notice in the Inspector panel that both properties, Number 1 and Number 2, are gone:
Line 6: private int number1 = 2;
The preceding line explicitly states that the number1
variable has to be private. Therefore, the variable is no longer a property in the Inspector panel. It is now a private variable for storing data:
Line 7: int number2 = 9;
The number2
variable is no longer visible as a property either, but you didn't specify it as private
. If you don't explicitly state whether a variable will be public or private, by default, the variable will...