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TextAsset

Namespace: UnityEngine

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Inherits from: Object

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Description

Text file assets.

You can use raw text files in your project as assets and get their contents through this class. Also, you can access the file as a raw byte array if you want to access data from binary files. See the Text Asset manual page for further details about importing text and binary files into your project as Text Assets.

Variables

bytes The raw bytes of the text asset. (Read Only)
text The text contents of the .txt file as a string. (Read Only)

Inherited members

Variables

hideFlags Should the object be hidden, saved with the scene or modifiable by the user?
name The name of the object.

Functions

GetInstanceID Returns the instance id of the object.
ToString Returns the name of the game object.

Static Functions

Destroy Removes a gameobject, component or asset.
DestroyImmediate Destroys the object obj immediately. You are strongly recommended to use Destroy instead.
DontDestroyOnLoad Makes the object target not be destroyed automatically when loading a new scene.
FindObjectOfType Returns the first active loaded object of Type type.
FindObjectsOfType Returns a list of all active loaded objects of Type type.
Instantiate Clones the object original and returns the clone.

Operators

bool Does the object exist?
operator != Compares if two objects refer to a different object.
operator == Compares if two objects refer to the same.