Link between classes: Reference Error

Question

Hi,
I am still trying to create a movie clip array to make a list of objects appear on stage and have the user interact with them.
This will be my game loop class called "LetterArray()".
My main class is called "BugGoopFSGame()".
After I add the line of code below into my LetterArray(). as class file I get the error message below:
Code entered:
private var  lettersL1:Array = new Array[a,f,g,h,i,n,o,s,t];
This is the error message I get:
ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property [object T] not found on S and there is no default value.
    at LetterArray()
    at BugGoopFSGame()
I am sure the reference I use between the two files are not good. Can you please tell me what code I should add and where.
Thanks for your help!
Charine
This is the code in my main class - BugGoopFSGame()
package
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.media.Sound;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.media.SoundChannel;
    import flash.media.SoundMixer;
    import flash.media.SoundTransform;
    import flash.text.*;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    public class BugGoopFSGame extends MovieClip
        public var mybackground:BackGround;
        public var letterArray:LetterArray = new LetterArray(stage); //this is how I link from main to gameloop
This is the coce in my gameloop class - LetterArray()
package
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.text.*;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.media.Sound;
    import flash.media.SoundChannel;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    public class LetterArray extends MovieClip
        private var _stage:Stage; //this reference works well to the main file. Should I somehow link it to the errorous code below?
        /*Movie clips that need to go into an array    */
        //level 1
        public var a:A = new A();
        public var f:F = new F();
        public var g:G = new G();
        public var h:H = new H();
        public var i:I = new I();
        public var n:N = new N();
        public var o:O = new O();
        public var s:S = new S();
        public var t:T = new T();
        private var letterArray:Array;
        private var  lettersL1:Array = new Array[a,f,g,h,i,n,o,s,t]; //this is the line that causes the error. I am sure it is because I need to add something to the main class.

Answer 1

if, for example, A is a class name, you should use "A" and then use getDefinitionByName() to retrieve the class reference from the string.
private var  lettersL1:Array = new Array['A','F','G','H','I','N','O','S','T'];
for(var i:int=0;i<lettersL1.length;i++){
var C:Class=Class(getDefinitionByName(lettersL1[i]));  // import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName
var c:*=new C(); // create instances from the classes in lettersL1
// do whatever with c
or, move those instanciation statements into your LetterArray constructor or somewhere beyond like:
package
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.text.*;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.media.Sound;
    import flash.media.SoundChannel;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    public class LetterArray extends MovieClip
        private var _stage:Stage; //this reference works well to the main file. Should I somehow link it to the errorous code below?
        private var letterArray:Array;
        private var  lettersL1:Array; //this is the line that causes the error. I am sure it is because I need to add something to the main class.
        public function LetterArray(ss:Stage):void{
            var a:A = new A();
            var f:F = new F();
             etc
            lettersL1 = [a,f,...]
            _stage = ss;