Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.

[mancroft]

ERROR MESSAGE:
Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.

THE CODE below produces THE ERRORS (also below).

Any ideas how to rectify, please?

THE CODE:

counter = 1;
eval (("picslot" + counter) + ".picnumber&quot = eval ("_level0.picnumber" + counter);
eval (("picslot" + counter) + ".picdescription&quot = eval ("_level0.picdescription" + counter);
ycounter = -125;
counter = counter + 1;
if (counter < _level0.piccounter) {
do {
duplicateMovieClip (&quot;picslot1&quot;, &quot;picslot&quot; + counter, counter);
setProperty(&quot;picslot&quot; + counter, _y , ycounter);
eval ((&quot;picslot&quot; + counter) + &quot;.picnumber&quot = eval (&quot;_level0.picnumber&quot; + counter);
eval ((&quot;picslot&quot; + counter) + &quot;.picdescription&quot = eval (&quot;_level0.picdescription&quot; + counter);
ycounter = ycounter + 80;
counter = counter + 1;
} while (counter < _level0.piccounter);
}
_root.picturelist.refreshPane();


PRODUCES THE ERRORS:

Symbol=Symbol 12clip, Layer=Layer 3, Frame=5: Line 2: Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.
eval ((&quot;picslot&quot; + counter) + &quot;.picnumber&quot = eval (&quot;_level0.picnumber&quot; + counter);

Symbol=Symbol 12clip, Layer=Layer 3, Frame=5: Line 3: Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.
eval ((&quot;picslot&quot; + counter) + &quot;.picdescription&quot = eval (&quot;_level0.picdescription&quot; + counter);

Symbol=Symbol 12clip, Layer=Layer 3, Frame=5: Line 10: Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.
eval ((&quot;picslot&quot; + counter) + &quot;.picnumber&quot = eval (&quot;_level0.picnumber&quot; + counter);

Symbol=Symbol 12clip, Layer=Layer 3, Frame=5: Line 11: Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.
eval ((&quot;picslot&quot; + counter) + &quot;.picdescription&quot = eval (&quot;_level0.picdescription&quot; + counter);

 

[oldnewbie]

Don't use eval, but associative array syntax...

Regards,