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Sorry for the completely uninformed question, but I'm trying to create a variable with a function that passes part of the variable name by an argument like this:


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  1. function doit(testvar:Object):void {
  2.     var this["mc_"+testvar] = "Overview";
  3. }
  4. doit("test");
  5.  
In this example, I'm trying to create a variable called mc_test but this doesn't work. to my understanding this["mc_"+testv ar] will create a string of "mc_test" but I can't set that string as a variable name.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mar 28 '08 #1
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