Instantiate objects in a List and use it

Question

Why does the following code not work?

I want to instantiate prefabs in a list and then use it as a GameObject like that :

public GameObject prefab;

void Start()
{

 ArrayList players = new ArrayList();

  for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
  {
        players.Add( (GameObject)Instantiate(prefab));
  }

  players[2].transform.position = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);

}

there is an error message

Answer 1

I'm not super familiar with Unity and c#, but...

The ArrayList class is designed to hold heterogeneous collections of objects. (Source)

So the only thing your players contains, is objects (at least w.r.t. the world).

You either want to cast the content before using it:

((GameObject)players[2]).transform.position = ...

Or use a clearer type like List<GameObject>, which will explicitly tell the world that it contains GameObjects, and let you do what you want.

Answer 2

I think your code is not working because you are adding prefabs to another list(numbers) Your code should be like this

void Start()
{

 ArrayList players = new ArrayList();

  for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
  {
        players.Add((GameObject)Instantiate(prefab));
  }

  players[2].transform.position = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);

}