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• monNom0

  missed you with that last one, sorry.

  if you want to loop through an array and create a unique button for each one then a 'for loop' is in order.

  this is how I would do it
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  myArray = [peas, carrots, tomatoes, ham];

  for (i=0; i "i=0"
  then the condition for the loop
  (while) "i < my Array.Length"
  then what to do with "i" when that condition is true. "i++" --> increases" i" by one

  then I've assumed that you have a movie clip called button stored in the library. within that movieclip I'm assumed a textbox called "nameTag"

  within the 'for loop' you can take advantage of the incremental variable "i" to make uniquely named new objects.

  so "attachMovie("button";"button" +i, i)

  is attaching a new instance of the movieclip "button". it then calls it: "button" + i
  it then sets the new movieclip's level to be equal to "i"

  you can then access the attached movie by using square brackets to evaluate the expression

  this["button" + i"].nameTag =

  and set the nametag variable to equal the value of the Array at index "i"

  myArray[i]

  hope that's a bit clearer...

  am I on the right track?

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