variable not working right

Hello, I am trying to write a variable in the middle of a command, like:

(in root, myvariable=12)

in another movie clip:

var movieclipnumber = _root.myvariable
_level2.this["othermovie"+movieclipnumber].gotoAndStop(5)

but flash keeps giving me the error:

"Expected a field name after '.' operator."

I am trying to get the logic to think:

_level2.othermovie12.gotoAndStop(5)

Is the syntax wrong? I think it's trying to consider "_root" in the variable "movieclip" as an actual path, where I just want it to be a reference for the variable "myMC", which happens to be in "_root". (I hope that wasnt too confusing!)

Thank you! :)

Hi,

Perhaps you can post your fla, or more of your code here.

_level2["othermovie" + movieclipnumber].gotoAndStop(5);

it would still help to see your fla

Thanks fruitbeard, that was exactly it! I wonder why you wouldnt use a dot after _level2, but who am I to question. Thanks again :)

I would think of it like, _level2 as being the MovieClip or location of whatever is between the square brackets. So, when you used "_level2.this[stuff]" it was using 2 locations, _level2 and this (relative to its current location).
Hope that gives you some insight.

"this" just does not ever go after "." because it is keyword - hence the error:

"Expected a field name after '.' operator."

A field name. Not keyword.