Component.GetComponent

Parameters

Description

Returns the component of Type type if the game object has one attached, null if it doesn't.

// Disable the spring on the HingeJoint component.

var hinge : HingeJoint;
hinge = GetComponent.<HingeJoint>();
hinge.useSpring = false;

using UnityEngine;

public class ScriptExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        // Disable the spring on the HingeJoint component.
        HingeJoint hinge = GetComponent<HingeJoint>();
        hinge.useSpring = false;
    }
}

Description

Generic version. See the Generic Functions page for more details.

Description

Returns the component with name type if the game object has one attached, null if it doesn't.

It is better to use GetComponent with a Type instead of a string for performance reasons. Sometimes you might not be able to get to the type however, for example when trying to access a C# script from Javascript. In that case you can simply access the component by name instead of type. Example:

// Disable the spring on the HingeJoint component.

var hinge : HingeJoint;
hinge = GetComponent("HingeJoint");
hinge.useSpring = false;

using UnityEngine;

public class ScriptExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        // Disable the spring on the HingeJoint component.
        HingeJoint hinge = GetComponent("HingeJoint") as HingeJoint;
        hinge.useSpring = false;
    }
}