abstract movie clip name refs

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Hi there.


I'm a JavaScript/PHP guy who's pretty new to ActionScript, and I'm 

struggling with abstract object referencing.


If I know the name of a movie clip instance (say, by passing 

_parent._name to a function), is there any way to reference the movie 

clip by name abstractly?  In JavaScript, you'd have a couple of 

choices, for example:


if:


var imgname = "image1";


then the following all do the same thing:


document.image1.src = "blah.gif";

document.images["image1"].src = "blah.gif";

document.images[imgname].src = "blah.gif";

eval('document.images["' + imgname + '"].src = "blah.gif"');



So, if the name is passed in ActionScript, is there any way I can 

work with the properties of that name?  It seems that the only syntax 

provided by AS is...


instanceName._x


...and that is entirely unhelpful if you have the instance name 

stored in a variable.


Am I missing something or is something similar to the JavaScript 

construct just not supported?


Cheers,


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