How to refer an object of himself with out saying his name in C#

Question

I have several objects which I need to calculate distance form the main point(main) and increase distence betwen main and each object surrounding it, by taken chaos value. But I don't want to put a different script to each one. I want same script in each one.

To put it simply , this is what I am trying :
222 = 2 2 2

212= 2 1 2

222= 2 2 2

// 1 is main point

// 2 is other objects surrounding it

So how can I refer to object himself without saying his name ?

OR should I change the way I am intended to do?

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class DistanceMovement : MonoBehaviour
{

public int chaos = 0;
public GameObject main;        // I referred the main object
                               // which we calculete distance from
 float distance;                 

void Start()
{
    float distance = chaos;      // firts checking
}

void Update()
{
    // Gets the distance between 2 objects 
float distances = Vector3.Distance (main.transform.position, object2.transform.position);
    //how can I do that without saying objects name but saying it his himself??
    

    // checks whether there was increase in chaos lvls
     if (chaos - distance >= 0)
    {
        chaos - distance += distances;
    } 
}
         
}

Your main goal is not clear for me. What is main object? what is object2? This code will be attached to which gameobject? What is "Refer the script himself"? — , Aug 22 '21 at 14:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '21 at 17:23

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I guess what you mean is simply

float distances = Vector3.Distance (main.transform.position, transform.position);

where transform is a property of MonoBehaviour (which your class inherits from) and returns

The Transform attached to this GameObject.

so the Transform of the GameObject this component is attached to.

answered Aug 22 '21 at 17:23

derHugo

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so simply I actually don't need to write anything ? – OmerPasa3328 Aug 22 '21 at 18:15
yes ^^ This basically equals writing `this.transform` or also `this.gameObject.transform` .. but usually in `c#` you can skip the `this` if there are no name conflicts with parameters – derHugo Aug 23 '21 at 05:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 23 '21 at 01:49

Instead of object2.transform.position , use transform.position , It will work and it refers to the gameObject to which your script is attacked. Also for simplification , you can first declare Vector3 name = transform.position and then use that vector if you need to use it repeatedly.

How to refer an object of himself with out saying his name in C#

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