How to obtain instance name of Movie Clip?

Question

Hello!
Is there a way to get the instance name of a move clip once it's on the stage?  In my dress up game, I need to know which items are on the doll in order to keep them visible.  My drag and drop feature uses an array and currentTarget:
var dragArray:Array = [Doll.Drawers.Dress1, Doll.Drawers.Dress2, Doll.Drawers.Dress3, Doll.Drawers.Dress4];
          for(var i:int = 0; i < dragArray.length; i++)
                    dragArray[i].buttonMode = true;
                    dragArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, item_onMouseDown);
                    dragArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, item_onMouseUp);
function item_onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void
               var clip:MovieClip = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
               clip.startDrag();
function item_onMouseUp(event:MouseEvent):void
               var clip:MovieClip = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
               clip.stopDrag();
               if(clip.hitTestObject(Doll.Skins))
                             //Here's where the problem starts!   ----------------------------------------------  //
                              trace("It's on the doll!");
It can successfully run this code.  However, instead of tracing "It's on the doll!", I'd like to turn the currentTarget into it's instance name, which should be "Doll.Drawers.Dress1" etc... and then store that name in an array.
How would I do this?
I've looked into e.target.name, but I keep getting errors...

Answer 1

use the name property of clip (if that's the movieclip whose name you want):
var dragArray:Array = [Doll.Drawers.Dress1, Doll.Drawers.Dress2, Doll.Drawers.Dress3, Doll.Drawers.Dress4];
          for(var i:int = 0; i < dragArray.length; i++)
                    dragArray[i].buttonMode = true;
                    dragArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, item_onMouseDown);
                    dragArray[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, item_onMouseUp);
function item_onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void
               var clip:MovieClip = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
               clip.startDrag();
function item_onMouseUp(event:MouseEvent):void
               var clip:MovieClip = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
               clip.stopDrag();
               if(clip.hitTestObject(Doll.Skins))
                             //Here's where the problem starts!   ----------------------------------------------  //
                              trace(clip.name);  // but that won't be Doll.Drawers.Dress1.  it might be Dress1.