Passing variable trouble

Question

I have created a few arrays in a frame and am trying to pass
a variable from the main array to choose a second array by passing
a variable using a function after a button is clicked. I use this
code to select the name of the new array:
_root.m1[name].menuTwoID = homeMenu
[0];
from this array
var homeMenu:Array = [["residential", "resMenu"],
["commercial", "comSubMenu"],.....
That should produce a passed variable "resMenu" correct?
It doesn't work later later in a new function when I put it
into:
_root.m2[name].main_text.text = menuTwoID[count-1][0];
to get the names from the second array.
If I put "resMenu" directly in the code (below) it works
fine.
_root.m1[name].menuTwoID = resMenu;
Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks

Answer 1

Here's an example of the idea:
I create a menu and when it's clicked try to use the
menuTwoID to pass the name of the new array to create a new sub
menu. But that doesn't work. Is it that's it's a string and not an
array?
var AllColors:Array = [["reds", "colorsOne"], ["blues",
"colorsTwo"]];
var colorsOne:Array = [["Fire Engine", "colors1a"],
["Sunset", "colors1b"]];
var colorsTwo:Array = [["Sky Blue", "colors2a"], ["Cyan",
"colors1b"]];
function buildAllColors() {
var spacing:Number = 20;
for (var i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
var name:String = "flipper" + i + "_mc";
var y:Number = i * spacing;
_root.m1.attachMovie("flipper", name, i);
_root.m1[name]._x = 0;
_root.m1[name]._y = y;
_root.m1[name].main_text.text = AllColors
[0];
_root.m1[name].menuTwoID = AllColors[1];
_root.m1[name].item_btn.onPress = function () {
itemClicked (this._parent.menuTwoID);
for (var i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
_root.m1["flipper" + i + "_mc"].flipper_bg._alpha = 50;
this._parent.flipper_bg._alpha = 100;
buildAllColors();
function itemClicked (menuTwoID:String){
var spacing:Number = 20;
for (i=0; i<2; i++){
var y:Number = i * spacing;
var name:String = "flipper" + i + "_mc";
_root.m2.attachMovie("flipper", name, i);
_root.m2[name]._x = 0;
_root.m2[name]._y = y;
_root.m2.attachMovie("flipper", name, i);
_root.m2[name].main_text.text = menuTwoID
[1];
stop();