Using variables in paths to objects

Hi
I'm wondering how I can use a string in a declared variable
for a path to an object. Here's an example:
On the press of a button a variable is declared:
_root.nextsection = "news";
And later on I want to use the string "news" in a path, like
this (on a frame action):
if (_root.nextsection == "news") {
this.nextsection.gotoAndPlay(1);
As you can see in the second line I'm using the variable name
as a path... but this doesn't work.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Depending of where your if statement is, if your
this.nextsection is the
same as _root.nextsection, since this is a string and not an
mc, what it
does is:
"news".gotoAndPlay(1).
If you had a movieclip named news in the _root, then you
could do:
_root[_root.nextsection].gotoAndPlay(1) // EQUIVALENT TO
_root["news"] or
_root.news
Other option is:
var mynextsection_mc = eval("_root." + _root.nextsection) ;
mynextsection_mc.gotoAndPlay(1);
Flash will evaluate your constructed string "_root.news" to
an object and
return it, if it doesn't match anything, then you will get an
undefined.
JG
"Cetrez" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ejqacs$q6r$[email protected]..
> Hi
>
> I'm wondering how I can use a string in a declared
variable for a path to
> an
> object. Here's an example:
>
> On the press of a button a variable is declared:
>
> _root.nextsection = "news";
>
>
>
> And later on I want to use the string "news" in a path,
like this (on a
> frame
> action):
>
> if (_root.nextsection == "news") {
> this.nextsection.gotoAndPlay(1);
>
> }
>
> As you can see in the second line I'm using the variable
name as a path...
> but
> this doesn't work.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks
>

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