Time for action – selecting a pony from a List using a for loop

Let's add four pony names to a List. Retrieve and display the number of elements in the List. Then use a for loop to display each pony name, and select one of them:

1. Modify LearningScript as shown in the next screenshot.

2. Save the file.

3. In Unity, click on Play.

   

What just happened?

The following screenshot shows the number of elements in ponyList, the names of the ponies we added to ponyList, and the pony we were looking for:

The analysis of the code is as follows:

• The code between lines 8 and 9 with its description:

  List<string> ponyList = new List<string>() {"Princess Cadence", "Fluttershy", "Rainbow Dash", "Rarity"};

  A List named ponyList is declared that will store the string type.

  Four strings are added of the pony names.

• The code on line 11 with its description is as follows:

  Debug.Log("Number of elements in ponyList: " + ponyList.Count);

  The string Number of elements in ponyList: plus the number of elements used in ponyList...