How to define string as a name of array?

[failure666]

Well this creates one array, with string name, but i need dynamic names...

Hell, i'll try to express in code, here it is:

for(var i:int = 1; i <= 2; i ++) {
    var subMenuBASE:Array = this["subMenu" + i] as Array;
    this[subMenuBASE] = new Array();
    this.subMenu[i] = "hello";
    this.subMenu[i].push("world");
}

trace(subMenu1);
trace(subMenu2);

I want this loop code to create actual arrays named subMenu1 and subMenu2, but when i trace them - i get an error, coz it doesn't seem to actually create them

I'm pretty mcuh sure that there should be one or two words of code that would change the situation, but i don't know them!(

[[afz]snickelfitz]

for(var i:int = 1; i <= 2; i ++) {
    var subMenuBASE:Array = this["subMenu" + i] as Array;
    this[subMenuBASE] = new Array();
    this.subMenu[i] = "hello";
    this.subMenu[i].push("world");
}

trace(this.subMenu1);
trace(this.subMenu2);

Your dynamic menu names are accessible as properties of this.
You are more or less using the Object class to create these dynamic properties.
This is certainly not a "best practice" for complex systems, or an efficient coding strategy for reasons you're gradually discovering.

[failure666]

[afz]snickelfitz
But this doesn't work at all...
Got this error, and no trace:

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties. at Untitled_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()

This is certainly not a "best practice" for complex systems, or an efficient coding strategy for reasons you're gradually discovering.

Why not, if it's done once?
I mean, complex systems usually have much more problematic places, like adding animations for each element, or multiple addChilds, which is much more hard to deal with, ain't it?
It's simply definition code..

[failure666]

Still open question...h e l p !

[failure666]

Sorry to repeast myself, but i can't move on with my idea without that knowledge.
Code below doesn't work, i need something that would work and would create responsive to the actions array...