Help with Array and instance name

[nGoss]

Hey Guys
Actionscript 2

I have a conundrum and I am stuck.
this is the problem.........

I have three sets of mc's.
the instance names are as follows;
set one is - button_1, button_2, button_3, button_4
set two is - image_1, image_2, image_3, image_4
set three is - sound_1, sound_2, sound_3, sound_4

I then have an array;

var myArray:Array = [1, 2 ,3, 4];

I then have code to randomise this array;
Array = [2 ,1 ,4 ,3 ];

now here is the problem

lets say the first number in my array is 4 I want button_4, image_4 and sound_4 to move to a specific place on the stage.

so in short I want myArray number 1 to refer to all three instances with number 1 in the name.
is there a way of having move than on mc in one position of an array?
any help would be much appreciated,

Thanks for reading this,

Neil

[nGoss]

as an addition to this post
lets say if i had an array like this;

var questArray:Array = [dave_mc, jon_mc, tom_mc];

could you merge more mcs in the array like this

var questArray:Array = [dave_mc/dave_bt, jon_mc/jon_bt, tom_mc/tom_bt];
so that dave_mc and dave_bt were the same position in the array?

[hts5000]

All you need to do is dynamically create the name. Like this:

_root["button_"+myArray[0]]._x = 100.0;
_root["image_"+myArray[0]]._x = 100.0;
_root["sound_"+myArray[0]]._x = 100.0;

[Nig 13]

@hts5000: Haha XD Just saw yours after posting mine, and it's really similar, lol :P

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Let's say you have a button, instance name of my_btn, then when you wanted to reposition those 3 movieclips, use this:

my_btn.onRelease = function(){
    _root["button_"+myArray[0]]._x = 200;
    _root["image_"+myArray[0]]._x = 200;
    _root["sound_"+myArray[0]]._x = 200;
}

To refer to a specific movieclip, variable, or whatever it may be, you can join pieces to locate for that specific movieclip/variable, by using: scope[text_to_join_here]

scope = _root, _parent, this

usage: _root[content to join in here]

Remember tha there is no dot between the scope and the text to join!

So, let's say we have a variable named, my_var1, we can refer to it by something like this:

my_var1 = "you joined the text :D";

var1 = "my";
num = 1;

trace(_root[var1+"_var"+num]);

Just try it and see for yourself

[nGoss]

That worked perfectly, you are the man. I can now stop headbutting my desk. Much appreciated. N