Datagrid itemrenderer & evaluation of different column

Question

Hey All,
I've been playing with this for a while but can't get it right.  Basically, I have an itemrenderer that has an image and label, but I need to see what the value is of a different column before I know what image to use.  I have a feeling the reason why my intended logic won't work is becasue the data[] does not reporesent the whole data structure...but I could be wrong.
This is what I have now:
I have a grid that references this itemrenderer & the grid dataprovider is an array collection:
Form
<s:GridColumn dataField="employee"  headerText="Employee"
                 itemRenderer="com.mycompany.view.assets.renderers.EmployeeStatusColour"></s:GridColumn>
Item Renderer
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:GridItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
     ....>
  <fx:Script>
       <![CDATA[
          override public function prepare(hasBeenRecycled:Boolean):void {  
          //THIS WORKS BUT NEED TO ADD LOGIC
               lblData.text = data[column.dataField];
               statusImage.source = "com/mycompany/view/assets/images/dot_GREEN.png";
          //THIS IS WHAT I WANT INSTEAD - SYNTAX BELOW IS WRONG BUT YOU'LL GET THE IDEA
               lblData.text = data[column.dataField];
               if(data[column(3)]; = "MONDAY"{
                    statusImage.source = "com/mycompany/view/assets/images/dot_GREEN.png";
               }else{
                    statusImage.source = "com/mycompany/view/assets/images/dot_BLUE.png";
        ]]>
  </fx:Script>
          <s:HGroup verticalAlign="middle" height="100%" gap="2">
          <s:Image id="statusImage"/>
          <s:Label id="lblData" paddingTop="5"/>
  </s:HGroup>
</s:GridItemRenderer>
Thanks in advance to anybody who can direct me to a solution.
Flex

Answer 1

Hi,
I tried your suggestion but it didn't work.   Thanks though! 
However, if you see the code below this works as I stated above.  data[column.dataField] returns the value of the referenced value. 
override public function prepare(hasBeenRecycled:Boolean):void {
                                        lblData.text = data[column.dataField];
                                        statusImage.source = "com/mycompany/view/assets/images/dot_green.png";
So I did a debug inside my item renderer and found that the data object had all the object values of the row from my grid, which is what I want.  I just don't know how to access them individually to do my comparison.  It's probably something really easy like
If (data[column(4).dataField]=="MONDAY"){  
           statusImage.source = "com/mycompany/view/assets/images/dot_GREEN.png";
I know I'm close just don't know the syntax.
Thanks!