Loading a text file into a global variable issue - really a global var?

From all the documentation and examples I can find, it appears that it would be
correct to create a global array variable [outside of any functions] to load image names into,
then use these images for a slideshow. I want to make the app dynamic, in that changing the text file gives a new set of images.
The global variable goes null [no values] after the load event listener. Why is that?
Isn't global, well global, and alive for the duration of the SWF?
PARAMS.TXT:
monthNames=January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,De cember&dayNames=Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday
CODE:
var dNames:Array = new Array();
var mNames:Array = new Array();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("images/params.txt");
var variables:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
variables.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
variables.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
try
variables.load(request);
catch (error:Error)
trace("Unable to load URL: " + error);
trace("2 mNames 2: " + mNames[2]);
trace("2 dNames 3: " + dNames[3]);
stop();
function completeHandler(event:Event):void
var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
dNames = loader.data.dayNames.split(",");
mNames = loader.data.monthNames.split(",");
trace(loader.data.dayNames);
trace("1 mNames 2: " + mNames[2]);
trace("1 dNames 3: " + dNames[3]);
OUTPUT:
2 mNames 2: undefined
2 dNames 3: undefined
Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday
1 mNames 2: March
1 dNames 3: Wednesday
How do I access these values after loading from the external file, after the load?
Thanks in advance.

The statement you quoted from whatever Adobe documentation is correct.
If you want to load the data into the arrays before anything else happens, then have anything else that happens execute via the completeHandler function... after the data is loaded and processed into the arrays.
the command: loadFile() executes before the trace("2:" +images[4]); command. The loadFile function is processed and the loading process BEGINS... but starting the loading does not delay the main processing from continuing down the line--the loading itself becomes a secondary/background task. The command was to execute the loadFile function and the processing of that function was completed. If you don't believe so, then add a trace...
function loadFile():void
     vars.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
     vars.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete, false, 0, true);
     vars.load(new URLRequest("images/fnames.txt"));
     trace("started loading");
If you add that trace, you should see that the loadFile function execution is completed and the next line in your code is then processed... trace(2....)
The addEventlistener does not stop anything. The addEventListener code is assigning a monitor, not a traffic controller... it is telling the monitor to indicate when the data has finished loading. It is not telling anything to stop program execution.
So if you want to wait until the data is loaded before you do anything else... it goes....
function onComplete(evt:Event):void
     var urlVars:URLVariables = evt.target.data;
     images = vars.data.images.split(",");
     tnails = vars.data.thumbnails.split(",");
     ................HERE.................

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