testing for all display objs that == MC

[vee]

Im looking to try to use the new RegExp class in replacement of substring to pick up all instance names with the string "step" as part of its name
Heres what i have so far thats not working

var searchClip:RegExp=/step/;
var thingy:MovieClip;
for (thingy in this) {
    if (this[thingy].type ==MovieClip) {
        trace(thingy);
        searchClip.test(thingy.name);
    }
}

[Assertnfailure]

You can't evaluate the the class type using ==, you have to use:
if(thingy is MovieClip)

Regardless though, thingy is typed as MovieClip, so this should always either return true or throw a TypeError.

[vee]

Is this not the best way to search for instance names with similar criteria in the name?

I changed thingy to an object type and made the other change you suggested. Nothing happens after the changes are made.

var searchClip:RegExp=/step/;
var thingy:Object;
for (thingy in this) {
    if (thingy is MovieClip) {
        trace(thingy);
        searchClip.test(thingy.name);
    }
}

[Assertnfailure]

var searchClip:RegExp=/step/;
for each (var thingy:* in this) {
    if (thingy is MovieClip) {
        trace(thingy);
        searchClip.test(MovieClip(thingy).name);
    }
}

Try that.

[vee]

First I got an error that told me searchClip was a name used internally, so I switch it to: searchMyClips

After that I got no errors but also no traces. I put a trace just inside the for loop but my string did not trace. Two things i did notice. The keywords each and is are still black. Is that normal?

[Assertnfailure]

Well....that all depends on how the rest of your code looks.

for each in and for in loops both only iterate through dynamic properties, so if you don't have any of those in your for loop, then it probably won't show up.