Invoking methods from variable names

[Terwin]

I'm a bit disappointed in myself that I couldn't come up with the answer to this one.. thanks in advance for your answers.

Here's my actionscript for a button - each frame has a corresponding movie clip called "showmeclip#," with the # corresponding to the frame in the main timeline.

on (release) {
var currFrame = _level0._currentframe;
var clipName = "showmeclip" + currFrame;
clipName.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

Flash does not seem to want to invoke the gotoAndPlay(2) function based on clipName. Thoughts?

Thanks,
Terwin

 

[KoSMoZ]

try this way but be carreful with the "showmeclip" location:

on (release) {
var currFrame = _level0._currentframe;
var clipName = "showmeclip" + currFrame;
[clipName]gotoAndPlay(2);
}

for all sort of thing that u want to do whit variables for exemple properties os methods, u remove the . after the variable name and put it in []

 

[Terwin]

Just what I was looking for - thanks a million.

T

 

[BigBadDave]

This is the correct way:

on (release) {
_root["showmeclip"+_root._currentframe].gotoAndPlay(2);
} Regards
David Byng

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk

davidbyng@hotmail.com