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    Question A for loop to run the same piece of code for lots of movieClips

    I'm using AS3 on Flash CS4.

    Instead of having this:
    Actionscript Code:
    DS1.stop();
    DS2.stop();
    DS3.stop();
    DS4.stop();
    DS5.stop();
    DS6.stop();
    DS7.stop();
    DS8.stop();

    I wanted to use a for loop to do it for me as I have about 100 movieClips like this that I want to stop. So I thought it I put them all into an array I could use the for loop to go through and stop them all. The code below is trying to do this but bringing up an error:

    TypeError: Error #1006: value is not a function.
    at railMap_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()

    in the output window when I test it. But when I ran the trace it traced out each of the movieClips.

    Actionscript Code:
    var DepotsArray:Array = new Array (DS1,DS2,DS3,DS4,DS5,DS6,DS7,DS8);

    for (var i:int=0;i<DepotsArray.length;i++){
        //trace(DepotsArray[i].name);
        DepotsArray[i].name.stop();
    }

    please any help would be appreciated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lizzie.Fellows View Post
    Actionscript Code:
    var DepotsArray:Array = new Array (DS1,DS2,DS3,DS4,DS5,DS6,DS7,DS8);

    for (var i:int=0;i<DepotsArray.length;i++){
        //trace(DepotsArray[i].name);
        DepotsArray[i].stop();
    }

    please any help would be appreciated.
    Lose the .name bit, the values in your arrays are direct references to the movieclips.

    Cheers,
    Rob

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    Thumbs up thanks

    thats great worked like a charm

    cheers mate!

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