ActionScript 3.0 :: Using Variable Name As MovieClip Name?
Dec 18, 2009
i have two strings and i wish to use the value of these to firstly, name the new movieclip and secondly, use it to call the class name in Linkage. is it possible? so far i've tried this.
var [pageName].MovieClip = [page]
addChild[pageName];
and get the error message "1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before leftbracket."
[Code].....
but as this is the same name as the variables it throws up an error message..
"1086: Syntax error: expecting semicolon before dot."
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