Referencing a MovieClip on stage through XML

[maguskrool]

Hello.

I have a swf with several MovieClip instances on the stage at authoring time. For example, say I have mBuilding that contains mFloor, that in turn contains mAppartment.

I have an xml file that contains data so the swf knows what to do with the MovieClips.

//xml
<my_data>
  <movie_clip1>mBuilding</movie_clip1>
  <movie_clip2>mBuilding.mFloor</movie_clip2>
</my_data>

//flash
//xmlMovies is the variable contaning xml data
trace (this[xmlMovies.movie_clip1]); //correct
trace (this[xmlMovies.movie_clip2]); //"... null object or reference..."

I've been trying different things, but I'm still stumped. Can anyone give me some advice?

Thanks in advance.

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[kennethkawamoto]

var arr:Array = xmlMovies.movie_clip2.split(".");
var disp:DisplayObject = this;
for(var i:uint = 0, len:uint = arr.length; i < len; i++){
   disp = disp[arr[i]];
}

trace (disp.name);

Output:
mFloor

Kenneth Kawamoto

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