removeChild question

[webber20010]

Hello,
I'm trying to remove set of checkboxes from the stage once I move to the frame "providers" (you can see gotoAndStop "providers" at the very bottom of the code). I understand that removeChild would be used to do this, but I can't seem to figure out the syntax (perhaps it's different because the checkboxes are created with an array).

Any help would be much appreciated!

import fl.controls.CheckBox;

var checkBoxes:Array = new Array(0);

var labels:Array = ["I use my phone primarily to make calls.", "I do a lot of text messaging, so I need a QWERTY keyboard.", "I want to be able to update my social media accounts.", "I want to be able to check my e-mail.", "I live in an area that has good 3G support.", "I want the full, HTML-based Web.", "I want to be able to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots.", "I want the latest and greatest mobile apps."]
var lastY:int = 250;
var OFFSET:int = 20;

var tmpCheckBox:CheckBox;
for (var i:int = 0; i < labels.length; i++) {
	tmpCheckBox = new CheckBox;
	tmpCheckBox.x = 330;
	tmpCheckBox.width = 350;
	lastY = lastY + OFFSET;
	tmpCheckBox.y = lastY;
	tmpCheckBox.label = labels[i];
	checkBoxes.push(tmpCheckBox);
	addChild(tmpCheckBox);
}

submit_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, tallyEmUp);

function checkABox(theBox:CheckBox):int {
    if(theBox.selected == true) {
        return 1;
    } else {
        return 0;
    }
}

function tallyEmUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
    var tally:int = 0;
        
	for (var i:int = 0; i < checkBoxes.length; i++) {
		var aCheckBox = checkBoxes[i];
		tally = tally + checkABox(aCheckBox);
	}
	if (tally >= 4){
		gotoAndStop("providers");
	}
}

[dawsonk]

for (var i:int = 0; i < checkBoxes.length; i++) {
	var aCheckBox=checkBoxes[i];
	tally=tally+checkABox(aCheckBox);
	removeChild(aCheckBox);
}

[webber20010]

Once again, dawson, you have saved me from my own newbness. I was trying to put remove child inside the conditional statement (if (tally >= 4)), but that didn't work.

I can't say I totally understand why this works, but it does. Thanks again!