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Component.GetComponentInChildren

function GetComponentInChildren (t : Type) : Component

Description

Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children using depth first search.

Only active components are returned.

JavaScript
var script : ScriptName; 
script = GetComponentInChildren(ScriptName);
script.DoSomething ();

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
public ScriptName script;
void Example() {
script = GetComponentInChildren<ScriptName>();
script.DoSomething();
}
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

public script as ScriptName

def Example():
script = GetComponentInChildren[of ScriptName]()
script.DoSomething()

function GetComponentInChildren.<T> () : T

Description

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