Asign a class name to a variable and get its parameters

Hello
Maybe im not being clear, but I want to asign the name of a class to a variable, I tried it this way

Code (CSharp):

1. public class Battle_System : MonoBehaviour{
2.      public Mercenary mercenary;
3.      public object mer;
4.  
5.      void Start(){
6.           mer = mercenary;
7.      }
8. }

And that worked kinda well, but when I try to access mercenary parameters via mer (like its health), it doesnt work, because it cant access to it.
Is there a way to achieve this?

 

We need to see the code for the Mercenary class.

 

But why? Why don't you access it through the already existing

mercenary

"variable"?

 

Sorry, this is the Merecenary class

Code (CSharp):

1. public class Mercenary : Mercenaries
2. {
3.      public override void Stats(){
4.           con = 10;
5.           pot = 10;
6.      }
7.      void Start()
8.      {
9.           Stats();
10.           hPoints = this.con + 100;
11.           dPoints = this.pot + 5;
12.       }
13. }

And in case is necessary the original Stats:

Code (CSharp):

1. public class Mercenaries : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.      public int con;
4.      public int pot;
5.      public int hPoints;
6.      public int dPoints;
7.      public virtual void Stats(){
8.           con = 0;
9.           pot = 0;
10.      }
11. }

 

Because I have three different mercenaries, and I want to access to their constitution (con), depending on the turn (And I dont want to create a really big code that relies on a bunch of if-else)

 

You probably want to put them in an array, then. For that you probably need to understand more about variables and data types, so I'd read up on that a bit.

 

Use arrays. Or lists.

 

In Unity, you can easily create Prefab (Mercenary) and Variants (Mercenary_1, Mercenary_2, Mercenary_3, you can put them later into array). It's very comfortable. It's good to use the tools you have. Wrap your planning around Unity logic and less regular programming to make life easier.

 

I have tried arrays before, but then I notice that I just needed to change my perspective, put the mercenaries stats on the arrays, and use them as temporal data. I was trying to access the mercenaries stats directly, big mistake.
Anyway, thank you for your help c: