Check to see if movieclip exists without throwing errors

programming flash
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Hi,

What can I use to check if a movieclip has been added to the stage yet without flash throwing a bunch of errors at me?

For example, I have a movieclip with the instance name(mcONE) on my stage.
And I’m currently using this bit of code to check if it’s on the stage

trace(stage.contains(mcONE))

It works when the clip is there… it returns “true”… but when it’s not… it gives a huge list of errors…

I just want it to return either “true” or “false”… not “TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.”

Maybe I’m using it wrong. What function can I use to check whether a clip exists or not… without giving me errors?

Thanks