Monodevelop not highlighting 'var' variable

Hi!

I'm just starting with Unity and am getting familiar with Monodevelop. I've seen a few scripts that I'm using for practice using the 'var' variable (not seen it before, in my previous C++ experience I only really used void, double and bool) but the program doesn't highlight the variable in blue as with these.

Is there a good reason for this? Have I missed something?

Kind Regards,

PopupPirate

 

It doesn't? Well that's weird... It does for me.

 

I would suggest taking a screenshot and reporting it as a bug using the menu "Help | Report a Bug" menu inside Unity.

 

Or maybe MonoDevelop is acting weird. Try closing it and re opening MonoDevelop. This had happened to me quite a few times and boy was it frustrating.

 

Hi guys, thanks for the reply!

Just for reference, here's a screenshot to show you what I mean.

@numberkruncher I'll do that ASAP.

@zDemonhunter99 I will try and do that. For reference, I'm opening the program from within Unity

 

Your syntax is completely invalid hence why the syntax colouring isn't as you would expect. This is not a bug with MonoDevelop.

You can't have a "void" variable, the whole purpose of a variable is to hold some value. "var" only works for local variables:

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     // Member variable (lifetime of "Player" component).
7.     public int someNumber = 42;
8.     public string someString = "Hello World!";
9.  
10.     void Start() {
11.     }
12.  
13.     void Update() {
14.         // Local variable (lifetime of one single Update() call)
15.         int tempNumber = 42;
16.  
17.         // Using the "var" keyword for primitive type:
18.         var tempNumber2 = 42;
19.  
20.         // Using the "var" keyword for reference type:
21.         var someOtherComponent = GetComponent<SomeOtherComponent>();
22.     }
23.  
24. }

Personally I would recommend only using the "var" keyword when working with references to objects. I find that "var" for primitive types makes code harder to read.

 

Cheers, I saw the var variable out of context then. Thanks very much!

 

Reiterating that a lot of times when Mono doesn't highlight a keyword properly, its because of a syntax error or some other compilation error somewhere else in the script. This also tends to cause problems with intellisense.