Load Dropdown with data from list

Hi
Am going in circles trying to see what am doing wrong. AM trying to populate 4 dropdowns (TextMeshPro adopted) with list data. Could have done it quicker by hand using the inspector , but once committed...

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. using UnityEngine;
3. using System.Collections;
4. using System.Collections.Generic;
5. using UnityEngine.UI;
6. using TMPro;
7.  
8. public class DropdownController : MonoBehaviour
9. {
10.     public TMP_Dropdown dropdown0;
11.     public TMP_Dropdown dropdown1;
12.     public TMP_Dropdown dropdown2;
13.     public TMP_Dropdown dropdown3;
14.  
15.  
16.  
17.     //private TMP_Dropdown.DropdownItem SelectedItem { get; set; }
18.    
19.     //private List<Dropdown.OptionDataList> Items;
20.    
21.    
22.     public List<string> list = new List<string>() {"test(po)", "another (po)", "eye (po)", "brain (iv/sc) };
23.  
24.    //public TMP_Dropdown dropdown0.AddOptions(List<string> list);
25.  
26.    void dropdown0.ClearOptions();
27.  
28.    void dropdown0.AddOptions(List<string> list);
29.  
30.    //GetComponent<TMP_Dropdown>().dropdown0.options.Add(list);
31.  
32.  
33.    //dropdown0.options.Add(new Dropdown.OptionData(option));
34.  
35.    //void dropdown0.options.Add.OptionData(List<string> list)
36.  
37. }
38.  

latest out of many error sis Assets/DropdownController.cs(35,14): error CS0118: `DropdownController.dropdown0' is a `field' but a `type' was expected
Frustrating as I had it working hours ago.

 

got it.. think was trying to access text component rather than tmp_text!

Code (CSharp):

1. public List<string> list = new List<string>() {"test0 (to)", "test1 (t1)" };
2. public TMP_Dropdown    TMPDropdown;
3. public TMP_Text        text;
4.  
5. void Start () {
6.    
7.      TMPDropdown.options.Clear ();
8.      foreach (string t in list)
9.      {
10.          TMPDropdown.options.Add (new TMP_Dropdown.OptionData() {text=t});
11.      }
12. }

 

Yes, this works. Thank you!

 

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  // TMPro  dropdown setup
3.         dropDown.ClearOptions();
4.        int enumSize = System.Enum.GetValues(typeof(JBR_Enums.ResourceType)).Length;
5.  
6. //creates a new list
7.         List<TMP_Dropdown.OptionData> data = new List<TMP_Dropdown.OptionData>();
8.      
9.         for (int i = 0; i < enumSize; i++)
10.         {
11. //create a new item for list
12.             TMP_Dropdown.OptionData newData = new TMP_Dropdown.OptionData();
13.             newData.text = ((JBR_Enums.ResourceType)i).ToString();
14.             data.Add(newData);      
15.         }
16. //populate TMPro dropdown with  List
17.         dropDown.AddOptions(data);

In this case im using an enum to populate my TMpro dropdown