How to put in a Array the names of the children in object container?

[emil_emil]

I can't come up with a function that will collect the names of the children in a object container and put them in a array.

Any ideas?

[Andrei1-bKoviI · Accepted solution]

For example:

function collectChildren(container:DisplayObjectContainer):Array {
     var len:int = container.numChildren;
     var array:Array = [];
     for (var i:int = 0; i < len; i++) 
     {
          array.push(container.getChildAt(i).name);
     }
     return array;
}

[emil_emil]

Thanks a lot Andrei1,

I was trying with the instance of the Array class and failed, I didn't realize it could be done with a function of type Array.

[Andrei1-bKoviI]

You are welcome.

Functions can return any datatype.

[Ned Murphy]

That :Array you see is not defining the class of the function.  It identifies the class of the object returned by the function.  That's why in most functions you probably see :void in that spot... identifying that the function doesn't return anything