Question TextMeshPro won't connect to my C# script element for a text display output

I even used this basic script called HelloWorld, then attempted to attach a text element through the script component, I don't know what I am doing wrong? I am creating the text object in the scene, it will not attach to my player object nor the canvas object, how can something so simple, be so complicated, I created the public text variable, but I can't attach the text object to the variable. This is a Roll Result Text Prefab I am attempting to connect to the element I created in another script, I created to experiment with game design. when I click on the Text element, it says None under the Scene and Assets tabs.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class HelloWorld : MonoBehaviour
{
public Text helloWorldText;

private void Start()
{
helloWorldText.text = "Hello World";
}
}

here's my player script

 

Have you tried dragging the object over?
Regardless, maybe you can try one of the thousands of basic tutorials on how to get started in Unity.

And please use code tags.

 

Hello, Thanks for the reply, I finally managed to fix this issue I was having. instead of using public text I was supposed to use TMP_Text in order for the text element to recognize Text Mesh Pro.

public TMP_Text rollResultTextPrefab;

private TMP_Text rollResultText;