How to make a script edit a component in the game object it's in?

I'm a (very) new game developer and was wondering how I might do this.
I'm using a UI Text game object and added a script:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class Test2 : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     // Start is called before the first frame update
8.     void Start()
9.     {
10.         Text test = GetComponent<Text>();
11.         test.Text = "please";
12.     }
13.  
14.     // Update is called once per frame
15.     void Update()
16.     {
17.        
18.     }
19. }
20.  

I had hoped this would make the text say please, but I got a string of errors that said that "Text" could not be found. I pretty much stole all of this code off the manual, so I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

Thanks for the help!

 

The Text component has a property "text" not "Text". Capitalization is important.

https://docs.unity3d.com/2017.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.Text-text.html

 

I tried all forms of capitalization on all things that could be capitalized, and still get this message:

"The type or namespace name 'Text' could not be found".

 

got to add the
using UnityEngine.UI;
if you wanna use UI components.

 

Don't try random things and expect results, you'll only cause more bugs and headaches. The documentation I linked shows exactly what the syntax is, so do that.

Also next time post the full error message and line number, because that is way more specific and tells you exactly where the issue is.

"Text" is a class inside the UnityEngine.UI namespace (you can verify that in the documentation for the Text component at the top).



Since you did not have "using UnityEngine.UI;" at the top of your class as @PuppyPolice pointed out, that Text class didn't exist in the context of your code.

Hopefully next time you see that error, you'll remember these things to double check.

 

Thanks! Didn't know I needed that!

 

Thanks! Didn't know I needed that!