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Accessing a movieclip instance created with AS.

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June 13, 2009
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If I attach a new movie clip and give it a name by concatenating the instance name with a variable number (such as "myMovie + myVar" so that I get "myMovie1", "myMovie2", etc.), how do I then access the resulting instance in order to assign properties? MyMovie + myVar._x = 500 not surprisingly doesn't work. I presume I need to assign the value to a string variable, and then somehow assign that variable as the instance name of the movieclip?

Thanks.

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Correct answer kglad

that's incorrect syntax and contains a typo. try:

var myVar:Number = 1;
this.attachMovie("Square_mc","Square_mc"+myVar,this.getNextHighestDepth()) ;
this["Square_mc"+myVar]._x = 300;

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use array notation:

this["myMovie" + myVar]._x = 500

MarkBorokAuthor

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Thanks, but it doesn't seem to work. Here is a really simple example I tried:

var myVar:Number = 1;

this.attachMovie("Square_mc",this["Square_mc"+myVar],this.getNextHighestDepth());

this["Square_mc"+myvar]._x = 300;

This attaches the movie clip just fine, but doesn't move it to x=300.

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that's incorrect syntax and contains a typo. try:

var myVar:Number = 1;
this.attachMovie("Square_mc","Square_mc"+myVar,this.getNextHighestDepth()) ;
this["Square_mc"+myVar]._x = 300;