Can you put: _root.mc.onPress = function(){ inside a FOR { loop?

[SpockBert]

Hi trying to do something really simple here but its not working properly. Using Flash 8.

I have 3 movieclips (to be turned into buttons) on the main stage, instances named: "charm1", "charm2" and "charm3". On the main timeline, I have this code. Using a for loop I'm trying to assign a bit of code to each movieclip when its clicked on:

for (i = 1; i < 4; i++){

    trace ("i value:" + i);		
    // displays, "i value:1", "i value:2", "i value:3" like it should
		
    _root["charm" + i].onPress = function(){

        trace ("i value:" + i);
        //displays "i value:4" for all 3 buttons, makes no sense!

    };

}

Why is my value for i, being incremented? Can anyone help, are there certain bits of code that aren't allowed inside a For loop?

Cheers
Si

[a_modified_dog]

for(loops) only update after the last iteration, hence all output is the same
so specify an individual variable to each movieclip -

for (i = 1; i < 4; i++){
    trace ("i value:" + i);        
    // displays, "i value:1", "i value:2", "i value:3"
    _root["charm" + i].iVar = i;
    _root["charm" + i].onPress = function(){
     trace ("i value:" + this.iVar);
     //now displays "i value:correct" for all 3 buttons
    };
} 

[SpockBert]

Thanks "dog"!

I gotta be honest, I still don't understand why that original code messes around with i and comes up with "i=4" for all 3 clips, but ah well, your code works great, I've adapted it for my movie and it works now, thanks for that!

You taught me something else, I never knew you could assign a variable to a movieclip like that. I thought the only vars attached to clips were the basics like ._x, _y, _visible etc etc, I didn't know you could do stuff like "_root.myClip.anythingIlike = 3;

Thank you so much for your help, massively appreciated