Cannot implicitly convert type 'float' to 'UnityEngine.Character help

this is the code and I just started and cant figure out how to fix it

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class crouch : MonoBehaviour
{
CharacterController characterCollider;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
characterCollider = gameObject.GetComponent<CharacterController> ();
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl) ) {
characterCollider.height = 1.0f;
}
else
{
characterCollider = 3.8f;
}
}
}

 

If you look closely at your error message it will tell you the line number (and even column number in the line) of the error. That will take you right to the problem! In your case:

Code (CSharp):

1. characterCollider = 3.8f;

should be

Code (CSharp):

1. characterCollider.height = 3.8f;

The error message is telling you that you're trying to assign a float value to a variable that is supposed to hold a CharacterController. That's because your variable "characterCollider" is of type "CharacterController", but the value you are trying to assign, 3.8f, is a float (short for 'floating point number')

 

thank you it got rid of the error but my crouch dosent work