Associative Arrays and For loops

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I was trying something out, and came across a little error. I wrote the following code to create an array and, using each value of that array, create an associative array for the values of xVelocity and yVelocity. Check it out:


var shrap:Array;
for (var i:uint = 0; i < 9; i++){    shrap* = "shrap" + i;    var (shrap*):Object = new Object();    shrap*.yVelocity = Math.random() * 10 - 5;    shrap*.xVelocity = Math.random() * 10 - 5;}

Once I got a conversion to string error, I also tried:


var shrap:Array;var iName:Array;
for (var i:uint = 0; i < 9; i++){    iName* = i.toString();    shrap* = "shrap" + iName;    var (shrap*):Object = new Object();    shrap*.yVelocity = Math.random() * 10 - 5;    shrap*.xVelocity = Math.random() * 10 - 5;}

But I get an error from that as well. I think I understand basically why this doesn’t work, but I’m wondering if, given the spirit of what I’m trying to do, you can think of a working alternative.

Thanks!