Fetching object from name

[FoxxyThing]

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

[kglad · Accepted solution]

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]);