Detecting if a movie clip is on stage

[ICD2k3]

Hey guys,
In as2 I would detect if a movie clip was on the stage by something like this:

if(mc.getDepth() != undefined) { // remove movie clip }

however, i can't do this in as3. How do you detect if a movie clip is on the stage or not?

[stompwampa]

Well, a down and dirty way to do it would be to detect if the movie clip's x/y coordinates are on within the stages boundaries, and then take your action based on that result.

[dr_zeus]

If the MovieClip is not on stage, it's stage property will be null.

if(mc.stage)
{
//on stage
}
else
{
//not on stage
}

[Dail]

You can also detect its addition and removal from the stage using the ADDED_TO_STAGE and REMOVED_FROM_STAGE events.

[cancerinform]

trace(stage.contains(mc));