Question

I have a nested movie clip instance that I want to access. The path to the movie clip is defined by two variables ( similar to a row and column).

I am already dynamically accessing the parent movie clip like this:

eval(‘row’ + ActiveRow)

Now I want to access one of row(#)’s children called let(#) dynamically.

Here are my best guesses at accomplishing the task (neither one works):

var i:number;

eval(‘row’ + ActiveRow + ‘.let’ + i) or eval(‘row’ + ActiveRow).eval(‘let’ + i)

Thanks a lot for your effort and possible solution..

Answer 1

you could try

this['row' + ActiveRow]['let' + i] 

What would be better though is if when you create the instances you put them in an array… so maybe

var rowClips : Array = [];  for (var i : int = 0; i < 10; i++) {      var row : MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip('row' + i, i);       rowClips.push(row); } 

you can then call it by

rowClips[i]; 

Obviously depending on the situation there could be different logic to adding your MovieClips to an Array but essentially it’s a much nicer way to store references to your MovieClips.