[AS3] proper use of square bracket?

[ChaseNYC]

var tipByTxt:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
tipByTxt[Game.txtpName] = "some text";
Game.txtTip.text = tipByTxt[Game[e.currentTarget.name]];//This doesnt work.
trace(e.currentTarget.name);
trace(Game);
trace(tipByTxt[Game.txtpName]);
trace(Game[e.currentTarget.name]);
/* Traces the following:
txtpName
[object MainTimeline]
some text
undefined
*/

Can anyone explain how to get the line that doesn't work to work? I don't really know how to describe this problem but I think its pretty self-explaining what syntax I'm having a problem with... The undefined is what I don't understand...

[renderhjs]

is Game:? actually a array or Dictionary Object?
when tracing it says
[object MainTimeline]
so what is it actually? Because I think there is your error because its not some array or dictionary and therefore can't accessed with the square brackets

just googled for these:
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archive...ictionary.html
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthre...223798&page=19
I haven't worked with the dictionary myself yet because i usually solve things like that with 2 arrays one holding the index and the other one the data.

[ChaseNYC]

Game is... a movieclip... Its actually the main stage of the game pretty much... I don't think the problem lies in dictionary my problem is that

Game.txtpName != Game[e.currentTarget.name]
however,
txtpName == e.currentTarget.name

I just can't figure out why Game.txtpName != Game[e.currentTarget.name]

hmm after careful thought it might not be Game.txtpName != Game[e.currentTarget.name], I'm not sure how to check if they are the same, if I trace both of those i get undefined but
tipByText[Game.txtpName] != tipByText[Game[e.currentTarget.name]]

[renderhjs]

my point was if

Game[e.currentTarget.name] 

is undefined

then

tipByTxt[Game[e.currentTarget.name]] 

aka

tipByTxt[undefined] 

wont work at all

hmm reading gain I think what you want is simply:

Game.txtTip.text = tipByTxt[ e.currentTarget.name ]; 

because e.currentTarget.name is some string and perhaps a key to you, try it