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so my goal is to fetch my object from just a string, I want something like this
var gems:int = 1;
for(var i = 1; i <= gems; i++) {
var name:String = "gem"+i; //ex: "gem2"
var gemOBJ:Object = name;
if (background.gemOBJ.hitTestObject(Rose)) {
background.gemOBJ.visible = false;
background.gemOBJ.y = 1500;
background.gemOBJ.gotoAndStop(7);
}
}
if that makes sense
if there are object instances named "gem"+i, use bracket notation to coerce the string to an object:
var name:String="gem"+i;
var gemObj:DisplayObject = DisplayObject(background[name]); // assuming background are the gems' parent
and because your gems are movieclips, you can be more specific:
var gem_mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(background[name]);
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if there are object instances named "gem"+i, use bracket notation to coerce the string to an object:
var name:String="gem"+i;
var gemObj:DisplayObject = DisplayObject(background[name]); // assuming background are the gems' parent
and because your gems are movieclips, you can be more specific:
var gem_mc:MovieClip = MovieClip(background[name]);