ActionScript : Adding value to object name?

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Struggling to find the answer. Right so I have a variable which is storing a number, and I have a movieclip called "note". I want to add the number onto the end of the note while adding it to the stage. Any suggestions please ?

   var num = 1;        

   addChild(note);     // Should be note1

Edit: Thanks for all your help, i've solved the solution. What I have done is created an array for of the movieclips and used a for statement to go through all of the movieclips.

akmozo · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-08 09:36:21Z

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If note here is the name of your class (AS linkage), and you want that your instance be called note1, for example, your code can be like this :

var num:int = 1;

this['note' + num] = new note();
addChild(this['note' + num]);

Hope that can help.

answered Apr 8, 2016 at 9:36

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Sameer Kumar Jain · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-08 11:43:40Z

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Try this

import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
import flash.display.MovieClip;

var num = 1;
var cl:Class = getDefinitionByName("Note"+num) as Class;
addChild(new cl() );

edited Apr 8, 2016 at 11:43

answered Apr 8, 2016 at 9:26

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Ryan Over a year ago

Thanks for your response i appreciate it. I'm getting an error saying note1 is not defined. But earlier in my file I have var note1:Note1; so surely I have already defined ?

Sameer Kumar Jain Over a year ago

is it Note1 or note1? see the difference of capital "N"?

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