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flexfanatic
flexfanatic

Reputation: 21

Flex - How do I use a variable to define the name of an instantiated object

Essentially this is what I want to accomplish, however it doesn't work like this. Is there any solution: - The problem is I can't dynamically name a new object... ??? pulling my hair out.

import views.printingView;

public function initComponent(o:Array):void{
    SomeObject::Array = o;

    for(i=0; i <=SomeObject.length-1; i++){
    'invoice'+{SomeObject[i].namedID}:printingView = new printingView();
    someDisplayContainer.addChild('invoice'+{SomeObject[i].namedID});
    'invoice'+{SomeObject.namedID}.publicInitFunction(SomeObject[i]);
    }
  }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 500

Answers (1)

Samuel Neff
Samuel Neff

Reputation: 74899

From the code you posted, there's no need for a dynamically named variable at all. The same code can be simplified to this:

import views.printingView;

public function initComponent(o:Array):void{
    for each(var item:Object in o)
    {
        var v:printingView = new printingView();
        someDisplayContainer.addChild(v);
        v.publicInitFunction(item);
    }
}

If for some reason you really need a dynamically named variable, you can do it like this. This assumes the current object is declared dynamic. 

import views.printingView;

public function initComponent(o:Array):void{
    SomeObject::Array = o;

    for each(var item:Object in o)
    {
        var name:String = 'invoice' + item.namedID;
        this[name] = new printingView();
        someDisplayContainer.addChild(this[name]);
        this[name].publicInitFunction(item);
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

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