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NameToLayer(string)

Given a layer name, returns the layer index as defined by either a Builtin or a User Layer in the Tags and Layers manager.
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Definition

  • Type: Method
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.CoreModule
public static int NameToLayer(string layerName)

Parameters

layerName

Returns

Type

Description

int

Remarks

Returns -1 if not found.

Examples

using UnityEngine;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{ void Start() { Debug.Log(LayerMask.NameToLayer("TransparentFX")); }}