How to use the name inside of a variable, in code?

[sparX]

reference them via their index in the array,
coinCollection[0] is first item,
coinCollection[1] is second item,
etc,
coinCollection[coinCollection.length - 1] is the last item.

Use a loop to iterate over coinCollection to reference all in one go.

What does this mean "the symbol using in the coinDrop,"?

[macdonjo]

Ok great thanks. The symbol that is spinning inside of the coinDrop is not playing. However, the symbol inside of the spinning symbol is playing.

[sparX]

Oh ok, well sounds like you just need to open up the timeline of coinDrop & at a frame where its finished transitioning, just call spinSymbol.play().
Just remember, I'm piecing together what this looks like in my head from your description, so I could be wrong...

[macdonjo]

You're really good at fixing these errors, even though some are pretty simple errors that I overlook lol

Ah that fixed it, well kind of.
When I put that in, it gave me the error message along the lines of "comparison with a button" then I automatically knew that somehow it got changed to a button from a movieclip. So now its fully functional!
Stupid mistakes.

Thanks so much for your help, really appreciated. Did you go to uni for programming or are you self taught?

[sparX]

Yes, I'm good at finding faults in things.
Now for the next stage in my life, I think I'll try to find what is good in things instead.

With regard to programming, entirely self taught macdonjo.
Each to his/her own I guess...