Get the instance names of clips attached to a movieclip

Question

I want to get the instance names of all the cmovieclips that
are attached to a movieclip.
Is there a simple way to do this.
I imagine this is something that can be done with AS3 but can
it be done with AS2?
regards J

Answer 1

you're welcome.
FYI: a for...in loop loops through all the accesible
properties (in the broadest sense of the meaning, includes
methods/functions and variables etc). Each time it finds one it (in
this case) assigns the property name to the variable 'unknown'
the code inside the loop just checks
a) is it a property that references a movieclip instance and
b) is it the same property name as the movieclip instance's
_name property (this is to avoid listing additional references to
the same movieclip instance that may be set up as variables in your
McA's scope).
I just read that and I'm wondering if it actually will help
you understand... its quite complicated to describe,sorry...
although its simple to understand once you get used to it. To learn
you should experiment with a few for.. in loops on different
objects and see what trace outputs you get.