Can you use a variable as the name of a variable like you can in Perl?

Question

So say there are 10 movieclips on the stage, each named mc1 mc2 mc3 etc. In a public class I have a function that sends the name of a movieclip and I need to be able to change the frame of that movieclip based on the string that is sent. So say my class function declaration is:

moveFrame(theMovieClip);

where theMovieClip is the returned object from another function.

Is there any way to use that variable somehow?

The concept of what I'm trying to do:

function moveFrame(s) {
s.gotoAndStop("the right frame");
}

Does that make sense? Is it possible or do I need to find another workaround?

Ned Murphy · Accepted Answer

If the function argument (s) points to the object, then your code as shown should work.

s.gotoAndStop("the right frame");

If the argument points to the name property of the object, then you would need to use the getChildByName() method to target the instance.

this.getChildByName(s).gotoAndStop("the right frame");

If the argument is a String version of the object's instance name, then you could use bracket notation to target the object...

this~~.gotoAndStop("the right frame");~~

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