Use a variable name within a function?

here's my function....
myInterval = setInterval (TTMO,15);
function TTMO () {
InstanceNameOfMovieClip._x -= (InstanceNameOfMovieClip._x -
_xmouse)/10;
InstanceNameOfMovieClip._y -= (InstanceNameOfMovieClip._y -
_ymouse)/10-2;
instead of using the "InstanceNameOfMovieClip" can i use a
variable name? i've tried, but it doesn't work. i also tried using
the correct hierarchy too, such as this._parent.VariableName
too.

you need to concat the linkage to the movieclip using your
string variable like this
var mcName_str = "bigBox_mc";
this[mcName_str]._x = 20;
you can use this method for looping through incrementally
named objects
for(var i:Number=0;i<10;i++)
this["mc"+i]._x = 20;
hope that helped

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