sort items in array by name

[ziriguidum]

Hello fellows,

I need to sort String items in an Array.
Actually I need to organize children of a MOvieClip inside an Array.

I have a "menu" mc object which has 8 children with names "m1", "m2", and so on..... the last one is "m8" . They are NOT created dynamically.

the children are even organized in layers alphabetically.

i've already tried:

//			for each (var item:MovieClip in menu)
//			{
//				menu_items.push(item);
//			    
//			}

//                      menu_items.sort();
                         // this sort in a different order , but still unordered.


			for (var i:int; i < menu.numChildren; i++)
			{
				var item:String = "m" + String(i);
				trace (item);   // ok it should work....

//				menu_items[i] = menu.getChildByName(item);
//                             didn´t worked.

				trace (menu.getChildByName("m1").name);
                                // ok, that traces "m1"
 			}

			trace(menu_items[0].name);
			trace(menu_items[1].name);
			trace(menu_items[2].name);
			trace(menu_items[3].name);
                        // always in the wrong order......

HELP!!!!

[ziriguidum]

solved it.

menu_items[i] = menu.getChildAt(i);

=D