"string" to variable

[thekillerbigmac]

Hello all!

I'm trying to use a string to determine a specific variable.

For example.

onClipEvent (load) {
     var1 = "var2";
     var2 = new Object();
     var2.a = "no";


     _root[var1].a = "yes";
}

Is this possible? I really do think it is. But I'm really not sure how to go about doing it. The main reason. I have to save/load hundreds of objects/variables. and in order to determine which ones to load, i wanted to make a variable to tell it which ones to load.

Basically, so I don't have to do this...

onClipEvent(load) {
     if(var1 == "var2") {
          _root.var2.a = "yes";
     }
     if(var1 == "var3") {
          _root.var3.a = "yes";
     }
     if(var1 == "var4") {
          _root.var4.a = "yes";
     }
}

So yea, any help is appreciated,
Thanks!
~Bill

[silentweed]

not sure if i fully understand the question, but from what i do.. do u mean something along these lines?

for(var i:Number=0 ; i< 200; i++){
	
	if(var1 == "var"+String(i)){
		_root["var"+String(i)].a = "yes";
		
		}
	}

[thekillerbigmac]

hmmm, not exactly. All I really need to know is how this...

_root[var1].a = "yes";

would compute to this....

_root.var2.a = "yes";


I havent been able to do it that way. unless its something else thats makeing it not work... So, does that seem like it should work?

At first I thought it didnt work because what flash is seeing is this...

_root."var2".a = "yes";

Which wouldnt make sense in actionscript. but yea. any thoughts?

~Bill

[deadbeat]

code:

---

var1 = "var2";

var2 = new Object();

var2.a = "no";

_root[var1].a = "yes";

trace(var2.a);

---

Works as expected for me...

K.