How to reuse function to be triggered by several eventlisteners?

Question

The first line works, and adds the movieclip "MyMC" from the library through AS Linkage.

I would like to reuse the function so i can replace MyMC with MyMC2, MyMC3 etc..

Any idea how this is done?

layer3Holder.myMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);

//layer3Holder.myMC2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);

//layer3Holder.myMC3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);

//layer3Holder.myMC4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);

function moveMC(e:MouseEvent){

var newMC:MyMC = new MyMC();

layer3Holder.addChild(newMC);

newMC.x=250;

newMC.y=250;

newMC.addEventListener( MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, onDoubleClick );

newMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragMC);

newMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropMC);

newMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, dropMC);

newMC.addEventListener(TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ZOOM, gestureZoomHandler);

newMC.addEventListener(TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ROTATE, gestureRotateHandler);

newMC.mouseChildren = false;

newMC.doubleClickEnabled = true;

}

function onDoubleClick(e:MouseEvent){

e.currentTarget.parent.removeChild(e.currentTarget);

}

function dragMC(e:MouseEvent){

e.currentTarget.startDrag();

}

function dropMC(e:MouseEvent){

e.currentTarget.stopDrag();

}

function gestureZoomHandler(e:TransformGestureEvent):void

{

e.currentTarget.scaleX *= e.scaleX;

e.currentTarget.scaleY *= e.scaleX;

}

function gestureRotateHandler(e:TransformGestureEvent):void

{

e.currentTarget.rotation += e.rotation;

}

kglad · Accepted Answer

assuming those mousedown dispatcher references are also names, you can use:

layer3Holder.myMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);
//layer3Holder.myMC2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);
//layer3Holder.myMC3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);
//layer3Holder.myMC4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, moveMC);
var newMC:MovieClip;
function moveMC(e:MouseEvent){
// do something with previous newMC's?
// code here.
if(e.currentTarget.name.substr(4).length>0){
var C:Class=Class(getDefinitionByName("MyMC"+e.currentTarget.name.substr(4)));
newMC=new C();
} else {
newMC=new MyMC();
}
    layer3Holder.addChild(newMC);
    newMC.x=250;
    newMC.y=250;
          newMC.addEventListener( MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, onDoubleClick );
          newMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragMC);
          newMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropMC);
          newMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, dropMC);
          newMC.addEventListener(TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ZOOM, gestureZoomHandler);
          newMC.addEventListener(TransformGestureEvent.GESTURE_ROTATE, gestureRotateHandler);
          newMC.mouseChildren = false;
          newMC.doubleClickEnabled = true;
}
}
function onDoubleClick(e:MouseEvent){
          e.currentTarget.parent.removeChild(e.currentTarget);
}
function dragMC(e:MouseEvent){
    e.currentTarget.startDrag();
}
function dropMC(e:MouseEvent){
    e.currentTarget.stopDrag();
}
function gestureZoomHandler(e:TransformGestureEvent):void
{
          e.currentTarget.scaleX *= e.scaleX;
          e.currentTarget.scaleY *= e.scaleX;
}
function gestureRotateHandler(e:TransformGestureEvent):void
{
          e.currentTarget.rotation += e.rotation;
}

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