How to set up Movieclip names to be refrenced by array

Question

Ok I have a bunch of movieclips named p1, p2, p3, ..., pn all with actionscript identifiers the same as their names.

I would like to then say for an array looping through all of them, take "P" + i.y and change it.

So I would like to do this:

if (e.offsetY == 1) {
    "thisp" + currentPage.y ++;
}

even making it a variable does not work

var movieclipName = "thisp" + .toString(currentPage)
novieclipName.y ++;

??

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 28 '13 at 06:37

1

Try with the following:

var currentPage:int = 0;
var movieclipName:MovieClip = this["p"+currentPage];
movieclipName.y ++;

edited Feb 28 '13 at 06:37

joce

answered Feb 28 '13 at 06:16

bitmapdata.com

works. thank you. Unfortunately, I am not a high enough level to uprank. haha. – Jim Mar 02 '13 at 21:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 06:05

0

This should help: getChildByName().

You have them all named "P" plus a number. Okay, call like this:

var thisp:DisplayObject=this.getChildByName('p'+currentPage);
thisp.y++;

answered Feb 28 '13 at 06:05

Vesper

but what if the movieclip p1 is not a child of whatever flash thinks is "this"? – Jim Mar 02 '13 at 21:14
Well, it's possible, if so, use alternate solution (right above). Also, use a "tick" button to accept an answer if it worked for you. – Vesper Mar 03 '13 at 05:41
Even if you have 1 reputation, you can tick an answer. An upvote is an up arrow above the big number, which indeed requires 10 rep. A tick is located below the downvote arrow. – Vesper Mar 07 '13 at 03:31
@Jim It was so long ago I've forgot. Thanks. – Vesper Mar 12 '13 at 16:08

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