Changing Text within button

Question

I am trying to set the text of a button via c# script. I have checked out other answers, but they do not help. I have tried this multiple times:

 button.GetComponentInChildren<GUIText>().text = "Button";

But I always get the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". How can I change the text of the button?

Answer 1

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Answer by CrazyNinja2000 · Mar 05, 2016 at 02:05 PM

Okay, so I found out that I needed to add "UnityEngine.UI".

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Answer by Fydar · Mar 05, 2016 at 01:37 PM

If it is a button from the new Unity UI system, use:

 using UnityEngine.UI;
 
 //Later on in program
         button.GetComponentInChildren<Text>().text = "Button";

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CrazyNinja2000 · Mar 05, 2016 at 01:41 PM 0

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Got the error "The type or namespace name 'Text' could not be found".