Trouble using System.IO and String.Substring...

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but whenever I import "System" and "System.IO" I get a "Method not found: System.String[].Substring" error. I know my code is ok, if I delete the import System.IO the error goes away. What is going on with this and how can I use both System.IO commands and the Substring command together in the same script? Splitting System.IO and Substring elements into seperate scripts has gotten me past several conflicts, but this time it is unavoidable.

 

Would help if you posted some of the affected code. Importing System can cause some namespace conflicts:

Code (csharp):

1. var foo = Random.Range(0, 10); // Fine

vs.

Code (csharp):

1. import System;
2. var foo = Random.Range(0, 10); // Fail: is this System.Random or UnityEngine.Random?

To solve:

Code (csharp):

1. import System;
2. var foo = UnityEngine.Random.Range(0, 10); // Disambiguate

However I don't see how System.IO would affect Substring:

Code (csharp):

1. import System.IO;
2. print ("blah".Substring(1, 2)); // No prob

Also you don't have to import anything...it doesn't "load" anything, it just makes some things shorter to type:

Code (csharp):

1. import System.IO;
2. var sr = new StreamReader("someFile");
3. var sw = new StreamWriter("anotherFile");
4.  

vs.

Code (csharp):

1. var sr = new System.IO.StreamReader("someFile");
2. var sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter("anotherFile");

--Eric

 

Thanks, that solved the problem.