(newbie question) Calling X-position of an Instance

[yossarian]

Hi,
lets start ... I have an Instance called "ball1" at the x-position 20.

now I try:
trace (ball1._x)
-> 20
this works well, but when I try this one>:

object = "ball" + 1;
trace (object._x);

it doesnt return anything.

Why, what am I doing wrong, and what is the right way to do it?

thx

[aversion]

i can only think of one of two things;

that the reference needs to be complete, eg; _root.object._x

or more likely,

that you need to evaluate the statement "ball" + 1 using eval("ball"+1)

but i'm not sure exactly how that works in AS, maybe try asking in the actionscript forum?

[yossarian]

yeah thx,

it works with the eval stuff