Array stores Text GameObjects

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#1

I have 10 Text objects tagged with “1stThrow”, 10 tagged with “2ndThrow”, and 10 tagged with “culScore”. I use the following lines of code to access these Text objects in my Unity project:

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GameObject[] firstThrowObj;
public Text[] firstThrow;
GameObject[] secondThrowObj;
public Text[] secondThrow;
GameObject[] totalObj;
public Text[] totalscore;

void Start()
{
    firstThrowObj = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("1stThrow");
    firstThrow = new Text[firstThrowObj.Length];
    for (int i = 0; i < firstThrowObj.Length; i++)
    {
        firstThrow[i] = firstThrowObj[i].GetComponent<Text>();
    }

    secondThrowObj = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("2ndThrow");
    secondThrow = new Text[secondThrowObj.Length];
    for (int i = 0; i < secondThrowObj.Length; i++)
    {
        secondThrow[i] = secondThrowObj[i].GetComponent<Text>();
    }

    totalObj = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("culScore");
    totalscore = new Text[totalObj.Length];
    for (int i = 0; i < totalObj.Length; i++)
    {
        totalscore[i] = totalObj[i].GetComponent<Text>();
    }
}

Issue:

When I try to update the text in the HandleFirstThrow method using the line:

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firstThrow[throwCounter].text = throw.ToString();

I receive an “IndexOutOfRangeException” error.

#2

Do you see the counter’s value? (maybe print it out right before this?)

#3

It changes every time the player roll the ball

#4

Yes, but at some point it may have a value that is out of range. So if you know what it is, maybe you can track the issue… I am just talking as an old-fashioned programmer, I don’t work with Unity (soon, but not yet) :wink:. If the log around the exception does not clarify much, I would just print the value every single time it’s about to use it and see what comes out.

#5

The scoreboard is currently inactive and can only be accessed through a button, which is why the array is unable to reference the text elements on the board

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