Using variable names as seen in the inspector

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A variable by the name of fireResistance becomes Fire Resistance in the inspector.

Is there any way to display the name like that (Fire Resistance) in a text? (without converting it manually)

I could name it Fire_Resistance and then just replace "_" with " ", but I wan't to know if there is a more direct way first.

Answer 1

If you are creating an Editor script, then you can use ObjectNames.NicifyVariableName defined in the UnityEditor namespace (hence, you can't use it in a build)

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ObjectNames.NicifyVariableName.html

Otherwise, implementing such function is not complicated

 public static string NicifyVariable(string input)
 {
     System.Text.StringBuilder output = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
     char[] inputArray = input.ToCharArray();
     int startIndex = 0;
     
     if(inputArray.Length > 1 && inputArray[0] == 'm' && input[1] == '_')
         startIndex += 2;
     
     if(inputArray.Length > 1 && inputArray[0] == 'k' && inputArray[1] >= 'A' && inputArray[1] <= 'Z')
         startIndex += 1;
     
     if(inputArray.Length > 0 && inputArray[0] >= 'a' && inputArray[0] <= 'z')
         inputArray[0] -= (char)('a' - 'A');
     
     for(int i = startIndex ; i < inputArray.Length ; ++i)
     {
         if(inputArray[i] == '_')
         {
             output.Append(' ');
             continue;
         }
         if(inputArray[i] >= 'A' && inputArray[i] <= 'Z')
         {
             output.Append(' ');
         }
         output.Append(inputArray[i]);
     }
     
     return output.ToString().TrimStart(' ');
 }


 Debug.Log(NicifyVariable(nameof(MyVariable))); // My Variable
 Debug.Log(NicifyVariable(nameof(m_TheOtherVariable))); // The Other Variable
 Debug.Log(NicifyVariable(nameof(__AnotherVariable))); // Another Variable
 Debug.Log(NicifyVariable(nameof(kSomeConstant))); // Some Constant
 Debug.Log(NicifyVariable(nameof(someVariable))); // Some Variable

Using variable names as seen in the inspector

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