Class arrays

Hello i got a simple public class ,
but I don't understand how can I add multiple objects as an array of that class.


As it's public, in the editor I've set the size of the entities array, but I still can't create objects.
I'm missing the obvious :/

Code (CSharp):

1.     public class entity{
2.         public string name;
3.        ..
4.     }
5.     public entity[] entities;
6. entities[0].name="foobar"; //returns error "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
7.  

 

you haven't instantiated anything into the [0] slot.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. entities[0] = new entity();
3.  

edit: you've also not created or specified the size of the array, only declared it

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public entity[] entities = new entity[10]; // 10 slots
3.  

https://www.dotnetperls.com/array

 

In the unity editor, I see in the inspector the Entities , and i set the value to 5.
Sot it equals to public entity[] entities = new entity[5];

But I thought that declare it in the inspector implicitly instantiate it :/
so I needed to instantiate it first,
thanks again