Assigning event to a bunch of buttons as once

1

I am trying to assign events to a bunch of buttons at once. To test out to see if my theory works i tried this code with 3 buttons on the stage named test1, test2, ect.


var e=0
while(e!=4){
	_level0["test"+e].onRelease = function() {
		trace("tester"+e+"<<<")
	};
	e++
}

they each trace something, but its the same thing?! tester4<<<
Any ideas?

2

That happens because after the loop evaluates, the variable i will be equal 4, therefore clicking any button will return 4.
I think you want something like this:

while (e != 4) {
	_level0["test"+e].onRelease = function() {
		trace("tester"+this._name.substr(-1)+"<<<");
	};
	e++;
}

or

while (e != 4) {
	_level0["test"+e].f = e;
	_level0["test"+e].onRelease = function() {
		trace("tester"+this.f+"<<<");
	};
	e++;
}
3

thanks excatly what i was looking for.