How to display data in an array

Thank you for the answer,i got the error for the print statement. How come?? print ("Hint "+(4-hintsRemaining)+" : " + hintList[hintsRemaining]); ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index is less than 0 or more than or equal to the list count. Parameter name: index 3

And to add on, after the 3hints are used up, i want to make the button disappear. So how can i go about doing it?

this is just an example, answering your question 'how can i tell the player how much hints left for them to use? '

I added a var hintsRemaining , and if you notice , it says what hint number on the button. Question answered. The text area was just to show the value loaded depending on hintsRemaining when the button is pressed. (Qn: so when the player click hint, i will need to push one of the hints from the list to the player.)

And after 3 hints, the button DOES disappear.

If you want a yield loop and hint display , that's more code, but not in the question.

EDIT : I have just updated the script in the answer. Try that , and let me know the result.

Hi alucardj, thank you for the reply. I have tried and i got the same error just on different lines and i don't know what wrong. hintGiven = hintList[hintsRemaining]; ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index is less than 0 or more than or equal to the list count. Parameter name: index 3

I did not do anything do the update function. Do i have to do anything in the update function?? Like decrement the hintRemaining?

hintRemaining is decremented after the hint is shown.

click button => hintGiven gets updated => showHint => wait => don't showHint => hintsRemaining -= 1;

Here is the Same code again, just incase there is a problem with the answer being updated on your end (and I also added a reset button) :

 private var hintList : Array = new Array();
 private var hintsRemaining : int = 3;
 private var hintGiven ;
 private var showingHint : boolean = false;
 
 function Start () {
     hintList[3] = "wash your feet";
     hintList[2] = "buy some milk";
     hintList[1] = "feed the cat";
     hintList[0] = "get some sleep";
 }
 
 function Update () {
     // 
 }
 
 function showHint () {
     showingHint = true;
     yield WaitForSeconds (1);
     showingHint = false;
 }
 
 // OnGUI
 function OnGUI () {
     if ((hintsRemaining > 0)&&(!showingHint)) {
         if (GUI.Button(Rect(10, 10, 100, 50), "Hint " + hintsRemaining)) {
             hintGiven = hintList[hintsRemaining]; 
             print ("hintsRemaining "+hintsRemaining+" : " + hintList[hintsRemaining]+" : hintGiven " + hintGiven);
             showHint();
             hintsRemaining -= 1;
         }
     }
     
     if (showingHint) {GUI.TextArea(Rect(120, 10, 150, 35), "" + hintGiven);}
     
     
     // reset button
     if ((hintsRemaining <= 0)&&(!showingHint)) {
         if (GUI.Button(Rect(10, 75, 100, 50), "Start Again")) {
             hintsRemaining = 3;
         }
     }
 }

yes. i followed what you have shown. I still got this error. ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index is less than 0 or more than or equal to the list count. Parameter name: index 3 Why will i get this ideas?? Anyway the way you do is what i want.