Arrays from external text files

programming flash
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I’m using LoadVars to load an external file that has one variable containing an array with a few sub arrays. here is the code i have:

var externalData:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
externalData.onLoad = function() {
	var sectArray:Array = externalData.sectArray;
};
externalData.load("portfolio.txt");

But every time i try to get one of the values i get “undefined”. is there another way?

Thanks, Brendan Smith