Shortcut to assigning instance names?

[ga3586]

I have a 4x4 set of square buttons that I need to give instance names to. They will be named 'btn_1' thru 'btn_16'. Is there any shortcut to assigning the names or do I have to go through 16 times clicking on the button and clicking down to the 'instance name' text box?

[klampG]

I don't think there is an easy way to do this; if you're absolutely in need of 16 different instances, then you will need to rename each object.

[5Five555]

If you have those 16 buttons already added on the stage, I'll assume the parent of the buttons is the stage, you can do

for (var i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
    var btt:* = stage.getChildAt (i);
    var string:String = "btn_" + i;
    btt.name = string;
} 

That'll only work if the first 16 children of your stage are the buttons. But you can set their instance names using the .name property in AS3.