Move GameObject over time

Question

I am learning Unity from a Swift SpriteKit background where moving a sprite\'s x Position is as straight forward as an running an action as below:

let moveLe         


        

Answer 1

The answer of git1 is good but there is another solution if you do not want to use couritines.

You can use InvokeRepeating to repeatedly trigger a function.

float duration; //duration of movement
float durationTime; //this will be the value used to check if Time.time passed the current duration set

void Start()
{
    StartMovement();
}

void StartMovement()
{
    InvokeRepeating("MovementFunction", Time.deltaTime, Time.deltaTime); //Time.deltaTime is the time passed between two frames
    durationTime = Time.time + duration; //This is how long the invoke will repeat
}

void MovementFunction()
{
    if(durationTime > Time.time)
    {
        //Movement
    } 
    else 
    {
        CancelInvoke("MovementFunction"); //Stop the invoking of this function
        return;
    }
}