How to animate object.

I have an object with a animation component and i have this script attached to it and i need to know how to i play an animation through a script. I have never animated a object before so i don't know what to do i have watched this https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/animation/animator-component but i would prefer to animate the object through a script so whats the code to animate objects and how would i stop, play, loop and increase speed of the animation.

 

Animator.Play?
Animator.Stop?

Check out the scripting reference on the Animator component and you'll see all the functions.

 

I could be wrong but I believe animating through script by directly accessing the Animation is considered "legacy" while the Animator is the "new" way of doing things.

That isn't an argument in and of itself but the Animator really is quite powerful in handling states and by holding a reference to your Animator component you can still control it via script. Perhaps its a good idea to look at it more closely and consider not directly accessing the animation clips.

 

I don't know how to use the animator though.

 

I am also having troubles with animating objects. As far as I figured it out, you play animations using Animator component, not the Animation component.

 

directly playing Animations is the old legacy way of doing things, it's still in the manual/scripting reference.
http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Animations.html

The newer more powerful version is using the Animator to control what is playing when.
http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AnimationOverview.html

 

Ok thanks i'll start using the new way but can you help me over at this question: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/how-do-i-get-position-and-rotation-of-an-animated-object.341316/