How to access an instantiated GameObject from another function in Unity 2D

Question

I just want to use the instantiated GameObject in another function but it always says The name 'newObject' does not exist in the current context

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Deletenow : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform Player;
    public GameObject myObject;
    public Vector2 thisVector;

    void Start()
    {
        thisFunction();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        thisVector = newObject.transform.position;
    }

    public void thisFunction()
    {
        GameObject newObject = Instantiate(myObject, Player.transform.position, Player.rotation);
    }

}

I couldn't find any source that could help me

Answer 1

You either need to make the variable global or return it, whenever you call the function. As an example, look at thisFunction() and thatFunction()

public class Deletenow : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform Player;
    public GameObject myObject;
    public GameObject newObject;
    public Vector2 thisVector;
    public Vector2 thatVector;

void Start()
{
    thisFunction();
}

void Update()
{
    thisVector = newObject.transform.position;
    thatVector = thatFunction().transform.position;
}

// init object - global variable
public void thisFunction()
{
    newObject = Instantiate(myObject, Player.transform.position, Player.rotation);
}

// init object - returns object
public GameObject thatFunction() {
    GameObject objectToReturn = Instantiate(myObject, Player.transform.position, Player.rotation);
    return objectToReturn;
}

}