Access nested array element using this.name - is it possible?

Question

Hi
I've got a nested array containing a series of 2 element arrays containing an object name, and text related to that object.
I've set it up like this:
public var names:Array = [["instance name 1", "text for first object"],["instance name 2", "text for second object"], ...]];
What I'm trying to do is to have the text related to the object appear in a text box when the object is moved.
This is all set up within a class containing code for the drag and drop functions.
If I set the text box to show a specific element, such as:
MovieClip(parent).text_box.text= names[2][1];
it works fine. But I can't get it to create the value for the first bracket from the this.name attribute.
I had it working for 2 arrays - one with the name and another with the text where the code was;
MovieClip(parent).text_box.text= texts[names.indexOf(this.name)];  (arrays named 'names' and 'texts', text box named 'text_box')
I'm hoping there's something similar that I can do for the nested array, but everything I try gives me the #1010 error - term undefined.
Is there an easy way to sort this out - or am I better sticking with the 2 array version?
(BTW this is my first go at using arrays)
Thanks

Answer 1

Why not use an Object for this, like:
var oTexts:Object = {
                              "clipname1":"text for clip 1",
                              "clipname2":"text for clip 2",
                              "clipname3":"text for clip 3",
and then jsut use sometihing like this
var txt:String = MovieClip(parent).oTexts[this.name];
etc. ..