array referencing question

[Kuramu]

Ok, i thought I had this figured out, but no.

Let's say I have an array : _root.stuff.thingy.myArray
it contains 10 names for MCs running around in _root.stuff ... MC1, MC2, etc...
Let's say there's a dude trying to use his teeth to eat those MCs: _root.dude.teeth

when i make the dude's teeth close, I want to do a for loop hitTest on all 10 MCs, so i started writing:

code:

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for(i=0;i<10;i++){

		if(_root.dude.teeth.hitTest(_root.stuff.myArray[i]) {

			_root.stuff.myArray[i].gotoAndPlay("open");

		}

	}

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but this obviously won't work because it doesn't target the array. How do I write this?

[mbenney_jesus]

hmm, with that code you are only really targeting something like

code:

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if(_root.dude.teeth.hitTest(MC1) {

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on each iteration, if you use a direct path like _root[_root.stuff.myArray[i]] you are targetting _root.MC1 which is more likely to be the correct path. (assuming MC1 is on the _root)
[m]

[Kuramu]

MC1 is in _root.stuff
the array with it's name is in _root.stuff.thingy.myArray

[Kuramu]

the thing is, I know how to get the name of the MC out of the array, but how do I get that name into _root.dude.teeth.hitTest(the name of the MC properly targeted)

[mbenney_jesus]

try

code:

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_root[_root.stuff[_root.stuff.myArray[i]];

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[Kuramu]

thanks for the help. it was the bracketing I didn't know about. Yasunobu gave me a similar answer

_root.dude.teeth.hitTest(_parentMC[_root.stuff.myArray[i]])