Learning about arrays

Question

I found this code that shows me how to put my MC in a array and add one to the stage but in what way would i need to change it to add more to the stage say nine from a random 100 mcs...

var card1:card001 = new card001();
var card2:card002 = new card002();
var card3:card003 = new card003();
var card4:card004 = new card004();
var card5:card005 = new card005();
var card6:card006 = new card006();
var card7:card007 = new card007();
var card8:card008 = new card008();
var card9:card009 = new card009();

var allImages:Array = new Array();
allImages = [card1, card2, card3, card4, card5, card6, card7];

var newImage = allImages[Math.floor(Math.random() * allImages.length)]

addChild(newImage);
trace (newImage)
newImage.x = 8;
newImage.y = 5;

Ned Murphy · Accepted Answer

I was going to remove my offering and direct you to MaxManNH, but not for the reasons you cited... those reasons are new information that can lead to a different response.

MaxManNH · Answer

Create an array with a for loop that contains string names ["card001", "card002", "card003"........] etc.

Then randomly pull out 9 of the strings and use the getDefinitionByName function to get the movieclip from the library.

var nc:Class = getDefinitionByName(allImages[randomIndex]) as Class;

var obj = new nc() as DisplayObject;

addChild(obj);

It is a little more involved since you will need to code the loops and such, but getDefinitionByName is where you want to start.

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