getProperty statement problem

[swammerdami]

I have to get the _y property of a movieclip that is dynamically named. ie.."nav1", "nav2" etc

Within each there is an action that sets a variable navdef in a clip higher up called nav. This works fine. What Im having a problem with is within nav Im trying to get the _y property of the dynamically named mc but the target has to be defined with the variable navdef.

Tested with one of the mcs and it works fine...such as...

navminiypos = getProperty(navx.nav2, _y);

Tested my variable navdef ...lets say I click on the mc nav5 and navdef becomes nav5. Good so far.

So.. how can I target the mc using the variable navdef?
I tried..

navmc = navdef;
navminiypos = getProperty(navx.navmc, _y);

or just..

navminiypos = getProperty(navx.navdef, _y);

I also tried making the var navdef just the number ...so...

navminiypos = getProperty(navx."nav"+navdef, _y);

Hope Im making some sense trying to explain this.

[swammerdami]

Ok ...

CAN I replace the name of a mc with a variable in a getProperty statement? I need to get the _y property of a dynamically named object.

Help!

[xelion]

Try this

navminiypos = eval("navx." + navmc + "._y");

where navmc is a variable that contains the instance name for the movieclip you want to target

[swammerdami]

Try this

navminiypos = eval("navx." + navmc + "._y");

where navmc is a variable that contains the instance name for the movieclip you want to target

Xelion! Thank you! That works!
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