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TextAsset

class in 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

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

Inherited members

Variables

hideFlagsShould the object be hidden, saved with the scene or modifiable by the user?
nameThe name of the object.

Public Functions

GetInstanceIDReturns the instance id of the object.
ToStringReturns the name of the game object.

Static Functions

DestroyRemoves a gameobject, component or asset.
DestroyImmediateDestroys the object obj immediately.
DontDestroyOnLoadMakes the object target not be destroyed automatically when loading a new scene.
FindObjectOfTypeReturns the first active loaded object of Type type.
FindObjectsOfTypeReturns a list of all active loaded objects of Type type.
InstantiateReturns a copy of the object original.

Operators

boolDoes the object exist?
operator !=Compares if two objects refer to a different object.
operator ==Compares two object references to see if they refer to the same object.