How to access a gameobjects components?

[LuckieLuuke]

Sometime i can access it like this:
gameObject.transform.position
And sometimes like this:
gameObject.GetComponent<'Transform>().position

What is the difference? why use one way?

[Joao_Dalvi]

Pretty much any component besides the transform will have to be accessed through GetComponent<>(), it is a very powerful tool, transform is the most used component and all GameObjects have it, probably that’s why there is a shortcut gameObject.transform for it, I wouldn’t doubt if the source code for it was something liike this:

public Transform transform {
     get {
         return GetComponent<Transform>();
     }
 }

[LuckieLuuke]

so “GetComponent<>()” is generally the way to access components?

[Rob]

Yep… with the Type in between the < and >

[Joao_Dalvi]

Yes, that’s right, sometimes you will have to set an reference to which namespace the reference to the component is attached to, for example, if you are trying to access an text, you will have to add using UnityEngine.UI to the top of the script

[LuckieLuuke]

Thanks alot