Arrays: using for loop and onPress

Question

Im not very good with arrays. Here is my broken code:

//Create array with 4 movieclips
var invArray:Array = new Array("i_greenLine", "i_orangeDot", "i_yellowBlock", "i_brownThing");
//repeat this code for every item (+1)
for (i=0; i<invArray.length; i++) {
     trace(invArray);
     //Outputs:
     //i_greenLine
     //i_orangeDot
     //i_yellowBlock
     //i_brownThing
     invArray.onPress = function() {
          trace("hit");
     };//the movieclips are not clickable.
}

Is there a way to get the movieclips on the stage to be clickable via an array? There will be lots and lots of movieclips.

help?

thanks?

Ned Murphy · Accepted Answer

If you use Strings of the instance names for the array, then you will need to use bracket notation to target the instances with them...

var invArray:Array = new Array("i_greenLine", "i_orangeDot", "i_yellowBlock", "i_brownThing");
for (i=0; i<invArray.length; i++) {
     this[invArray].onPress = function() {
          trace("hit");
     }
}

An alternative would be to just use the instance names and not Strings of them....

var invArray:Array = new Array(i_greenLine, i_orangeDot, i_yellowBlock, i_brownThing);
for (i=0; i<invArray.length; i++) {
     invArray.onPress = function() {
          trace("hit");
     };
}

If you plan to have alot of them, then a better approach would be to name them all with numeric ending (mc0, mc1, mc2, mc3, etc. Then you could use the bracket notation without the need for the array...

for (i=0; i<numMCs; i++) {
     this["mc"+i].onPress = function() {
          trace("hit");
     }
}

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