Calling movieclip by id in a unique way?

programming flash
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I am trying to make a multiplayer card game which has 6 players. Each player can hold 2 cards.

The movie clip names are :
p1c1 // Player 1 card 1
p1c2 // Player 1 card 2
p2c1 // Player 2 card 1
p2c2 // Player 2 card 2
etc…

I am attempting to make a function that loads the cards into the player’s hand but I can’t figure out how to do this.

Here is what i have so far. It does not work :frowning:

import flash.display.BitmapData;

function place_card(whichone, player, cardnum){
    var linkageId:String = whichone;
    var myBitmapData:BitmapData = BitmapData.loadBitmap(linkageId);
    var where = this.("p" + player + "c" + cardnum);
    trace (where);
    var mc:MovieClip = where;
    mc.attachBitmap(myBitmapData, this.getNextHighestDepth());
}

place_card("s7", 2, 2);  // This should place the 7 of spades into player 2's card 2 slot

Any help is appreciated!