Can't access member of RaycasHit

Question

i am new in Unity just learning to build games . but i have a problem to access a member of RaycastHit object .

i am getting this error .

Assets/MeleeySystem.js(12,32): BCE0019: 'distance' is not a member of 'System.Type'. 

it seems distance is not a member of RaycastHit.

Here is my code . if someone can help me what i am doing wrong in this .

var TheDamage : int = 50;
var Distance : float = 2.5;

function Update(){

 if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1")){
    var hit = RaycastHit;
    var fwd = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
    if(Physics.Raycast(transform.position, fwd, 10)){
        Distance = hit.distance;
    }
  }
}

Answer 1

var HitInfo : RaycastHit;
if(Physics.Raycast(transform.position, fwd, HitInfo, 10)){
    Distance = HitInfo.distance;
}