How to use a string inside GetComponent to connect others files in Unity?

Question

I have a string list of characters e I'm trying to get information from another exclusive .cs file to the main .cs file.

How to change this

  string character_selected;

  if (character_selected == "Jin")
  {
       gameObject.GetComponent<Jin>().getinfo;
  }

  if (character_selected == "Ken")
  {
       gameObject.GetComponent<Ken>().getinfo;
  }

To something like this:

string character_selected;

gameObject.GetComponent<character_selected>().getinfo;

Are you asking for us to show you how to write it or are you getting an error? — Simon Price, Mar 13 '22 at 21:20
In general: Use a Dictionary! Do these even have to be MonoBehaviour? — derHugo, Mar 14 '22 at 04:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '22 at 21:28

Assuming Jin and Ken are classes (which they have to be if the first code works) then you need to use a different overload of GetComponent https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.GetComponent.html

      string typeName = $"something.something.{character_selected}";
      var type = Type.GetType(typeName);
       gameObject.GetComponent(type);

the 'something.something' is there because it needs the complete fully qualified class name

How to use a string inside GetComponent to connect others files in Unity?

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