Appending variable to instance name

Hi,
I have a very basic question. I am trying to get all the button instances to become invisible on the screen. They are named img1 to img30. I thought of using a while loop to quickly run through them. The code within img1 button is:
var i:Number = 2;
while(i<=30) {
img2._alpha = 0;
i++;
The problem is how do I append the i after img, to replace the 2? so that the code runs through img 2 to img 30. I know the answer might be simple, but I really could use some help here.
Thanks

Try:
var i:Number = 2;
while(i<=30) {
_root["img"+i]._alpha = 0;
i++;

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>
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