AS3 - New movieclip instance

[gibsy]

I have 3 types of mc's. I would like to create a new instance of a random mc of one of those types. I wrote somenthing like this but I receive an error:

Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor.

i tried something like this:

var newMC:* = new match as match;

match is an array that contains the 3 types of mc's. match will be something like [object orange], so I want to create a new instance of orange mc.

How can I do that?

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

var ClassRef:Class = Class(getDefinitionByName(match));    // where match is a String

var newMC:* = new ClassRef();

addChild(classInstance);

[gibsy]

I received an error, but I finally managed it. I don't know if it is the right approach, but it seems to work:

......

import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;

import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;

......

var ClassRef: Class = Class(getDefinitionByName(getQualifiedClassName(match)));

var newMC:* = new ClassRef();

addChild(newMC);

[gibsy]

Now, I would like to use this in a "for" loop;

var classRef: Class;

for (var i:int = 0; i<10; i++)

{

     classRef = Class(getDefinitionByName(getQualifiedClassName(match)));

     var newPiece:* = new classRef();

}

I get this warning: duplicate variable definition.

[Ned Murphy]

Look for where you have duplicate variable definitions ( var whatever...)  If you have multiple loops defined that declare var i then that is enough to trip that error message.

[gibsy]

It seems that match appears more than 1 time.

Thanks a lot.

[Ned Murphy]

You're welcome.  You should mark correct and helpful responses.

[gibsy]

I always marked the correct answers when the things worked well.

I marked this answer now because this one worked for me:

......

import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;

import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;

......

var ClassRef: Class = Class(getDefinitionByName(getQualifiedClassName(match)));

var newMC:* = new ClassRef();

addChild(newMC);

[Ned Murphy]

That is the answer I provided.   You do not need the import lines.  If that is how you thank people for helping you then don't be surprised if you get less help.

[gibsy]

Ok. I don't want to argue with you about that because you helped me a lot. I'll check your answer as correct.

But I've changed this line:

var ClassRef:Class = Class(getDefinitionByName(match));

with this line to work for me:

var ClassRef: Class = Class(getDefinitionByName(getQualifiedClassName(match)));