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How can I simplify this code?

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by makizume, Jul 16, 2019.

  1. makizume

    makizume

    Joined:
    May 9, 2018
    Posts:
    26
    Hi All
    I was wondering if you guys can help me simplify my code(I am a beginner of programming.)
    what I want to achieve here is accordingly.

    [problem]
    I wrote a switch statement but they are pretty long, and if I add more characters to select, it is not efficient to add like that.
    basically, if a certain character is on, other 3 or more character will be setActive to false at the same time with a few lines of code. by the way, these characters are a child object of the parent object.

    Thank you

    [character select UI for mobile]
    1. I put 4 buttons UI in Unity for selecting characters
    2. each button has ID numbers
    3. if a certain character is on, other characters are off.

    Code (CSharp):
    1. public class characterManager : MonoBehaviour
    2. {
    3.     public GameObject[] newCharacter;
    4.  
    5.     void Start()
    6.     {
    7.         newCharacter = GetComponentsInChildren<GameObject>();
    8.     }
    9.  
    10.     // Update is called once per frame
    11.     void Update()
    12.     {
    13.       switch(characterSelect.playerNumber)
    14.         {
    15.          
    16.  
    17.             case 0:
    18.                 newCharacter[characterSelect.playerNumber].SetActive(true);
    19.                 newCharacter[1].SetActive(false);
    20.                 newCharacter[2].SetActive(false);
    21.                 newCharacter[3].SetActive(false);
    22.  
    23.                 break;
    24.             case 1:
    25.                 newCharacter[characterSelect.playerNumber].SetActive(true);
    26.                 newCharacter[0].SetActive(false);
    27.                 newCharacter[2].SetActive(false);
    28.                 newCharacter[3].SetActive(false);
    29.  
    30.                 break;
    31.             case 2:
    32.                 newCharacter[characterSelect.playerNumber].SetActive(true);
    33.                 newCharacter[0].SetActive(false);
    34.                 newCharacter[1].SetActive(false);
    35.                 newCharacter[3].SetActive(false);
    36.  
    37.                 break;
    38.             case 3:
    39.                 newCharacter[characterSelect.playerNumber].SetActive(true);
    40.                 newCharacter[0].SetActive(false);
    41.                 newCharacter[1].SetActive(false);
    42.                 newCharacter[2].SetActive(false);
    43.  
    44.                 break;
    45.                
    46.         }
    47.     }
     
  2. WallaceT_MFM

    WallaceT_MFM

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2017
    Posts:
    394
    Seems like you want a for loop.
    Code (csharp):
    1. void Update()
    2. {
    3.     for(int i = 0; i < newCharacter.Length; i++) // Starting from 0, loop through each element of the array
    4.     {
    5.         newCharacter[i].SetActive(i == characterSelect.playerNumber); // set the object active only if i == our selected number.
    6.     }
    7. }
     
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  3. makizume

    makizume

    Joined:
    May 9, 2018
    Posts:
    26
    OMG THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH WallaceT_MFM! You are so genius!
    I really appreciate it so much. Wow, I really need to practice until I can be close to your level :)
    from now on, I will use this great code to my UI all the time. Thank you from Japan!!!!!
     
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