ActionScript 2.0 :: Flash8 Variable From Instance Name?
Sep 5, 2009
I've got these 150 buttons on my stage which all do the same thing. They test their value against myVariable to see if there's a match. If there is, it's a right answer and the user gets a point. The myVariable may be anything between 1 and 150. I have my button code on a single frame now but I'm looking at duplicating it 150 times (1 for each button instance). This seems a wasteful way of doing things. Is there any way I can extract a variable from the instance name? The buttons named btn1~btn150.
Is there any way to:
btn 1~150 onRelease
var newVariable = [instance name - "btn"]
I guess this requires some way to listen for an instance name.
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