How to reference a variable through another variable?

Question

say I have 2 Flex label components. one with the id = "flexComponent1" and the other "flexComponent2"
how would i (using actionscript) refer to one or the other without strong typing it?
something like this:
var test:String = "flexComponent1";
test.text = "hello";
And I want the actual label of flexComponent1 to change to "hello"

Answer 1

Maybe this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
  creationComplete="init();">
  <mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
      private function init():void{
        var test:* = flexComponent1;
        test.text = "hello";       
    ]]>
  </mx:Script>
  <mx:Label id="flexComponent1"/>
</mx:Application>
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