sort items in array by name

Hello fellows,

I need to sort String items in an Array.
Actually I need to organize children of a MOvieClip inside an Array.

I have a "menu" mc object which has 8 children with names "m1", "m2", and so on..... the last one is "m8" . They are NOT created dynamically.

the children are even organized in layers alphabetically.

i've already tried:

Code:

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//                        for each (var item:MovieClip in menu)
//                        {
//                                menu_items.push(item);
//                           
//                        }

//                      menu_items.sort();
                        // this sort in a different order , but still unordered.


                        for (var i:int; i < menu.numChildren; i++)
                        {
                                var item:String = "m" + String(i);
                                trace (item);  // ok it should work....

//                                menu_items[i] = menu.getChildByName(item);
//                            didn´t worked.

                                trace (menu.getChildByName("m1").name);
                                // ok, that traces "m1"
                        }

                        trace(menu_items[0].name);
                        trace(menu_items[1].name);
                        trace(menu_items[2].name);
                        trace(menu_items[3].name);
                        // always in the wrong order......

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HELP!!!!:scared::crazy::confused:

solved it.

menu_items[i] = menu.getChildAt(i);

=D