Cant get loadmovie to display image

Question

I have this for loop where I am circling through an array.  I have swf's for each of the numbers like dropTarget_1.swf, etc.  For whatever reason I can't seen to get this loaded into my holder.
When I hard code it then it works. Any advice?
for (n=1; n<=myDropDetails.length; n++) {
  rand = nums.splice(random(nums.length), 1)[0];
  trace(rand);
  this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder",n);
  this["dropTarget"+rand+".swf"],holder)
  loadMovie("dropTarget_"+rand+".swf", holder);
holder._x=holder._x+30
  //holder.loadMovie("dropTarget_1.swf");

Answer 1

There are too many things confused in your code to be sure what you are trying to tell it to do at times.  Here is a revised coding that may be what you are after.  Even if it isn't, it may be a better place to start to resolve things from.
function shuffle(a:Array):Array {
var len:Number = a.length-1;
for (var ivar:Number = len; ivar>=0; ivar--) {
  var p:Number = Math.floor(Math.random()*(ivar+1));
  var t = a[ivar];
  a[ivar] = a[p];
  a[p] = t;
return a;
var nums = new Array(1,2,3);
var xLoc = 0;
nums = shuffle(nums); // randomize the nums array
for (n=0; n<=nums.length-1; n++) {
      this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder"+n,this.getNextHighestDepth());
      loadMovie("dropTarget_"+nums[n]+".swf", this["holder"+n]);
      this["holder"+n]._x = xLoc;
      xLoc += 30;