Simple for loop with array?
Jul 18, 2012 2:18 PM
Tags:Just a quick question! I've been staring at this for the past 2 hours and I have looked everywhere, but still no success.
I have a simple array containing items. When the user changes the page, I want these items in the array to become visible.
var outfit:Array = ["Doll.Drawers.Shirt1", "Doll.Drawers.Pants1", "Doll.Drawers.Jacket1"];
function f_item_show(event:MouseEvent):void
{
for(var i:int = 0; i < outfit.length; i++)
{
trace(outfit[i]);
this[outfit[i]].visible = true; // THIS IS THE ISSUE //
}
}
The items in the array are strings of the instance names, so i just need each string to be converted to an object and set the .visible part of each item to true.
I know my loop is working right, becuase the trace accurately reads each instance name in the list. I figured the this[] part would solve my problem, but it doesn't... I keep getting this error:
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at PokeDress_fla::MainTimeline/f_item_show()
I know it's that one line of code, because it works perfectly when I remove it. All my instance names are correctly labeled and added, because they're used many other times in the code flawlessly.
What am I doing wrong?
