Having trouble with this piece of code (arrays and addChild)

Quote:

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var myShapes:Array = [tl, tr, bl, br];
trace(myShapes);

var long:uint = myShapes.length;
for (var i:uint = 0; i < long; i++)
{
addChild();
this.x = Math.random() * stage.stageWidth;
this.y = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight;
this.vx = 0;
this.vy = 0;
this.vz = 0;
}

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I'm getting an error on the "addChild();" line. I've set up an array made up of different movieclips, now I want to get those movieclips onto the stage and animate them randomly (meaning each one moves around the stage at random with the "animateShapes" function.

What am I missing here ... I'm guessing it's something really simple.

ETA: tried "this.addChild(MovieClip(myShapes));" but still getting Error: "Incorrect number of arguments: Expected 1"

You need

Code:

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addChild(myShapes[i]);

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Assuming that you actually do have the movieclips in the array. Putting their names in the array instead is a common mistake.

Also, why would you set the position and velocity each time through the loop? Only the last time through will count. I think maybe you wanted to set the position and velocity of the individual clips you're adding, in which case you wanted:

Code:

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var myShapes:Array = [tl, tr, bl, br];
trace(myShapes);

var long:uint = myShapes.length;
for (var i:uint = 0; i < long; i++){
  var shape:MovieClip = myShapes[i];
  addChild(shape);
  shape.x = Math.random() * stage.stageWidth;
  shape.y = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight;
  shape.vx = 0;
  shape.vy = 0;
  shape.vz = 0;
}

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That works ... and makes sense.

Thank you for your help!