Clip referencing problem

programming flash
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I’m having some problems with a little script I’m working on that will create circles in a movieclip so that I can position them later. The problem is that the circle doesn’t seem to be drawing within the clip. I trace it’s x,y,width and height and it’s all 0…

Here’s what I have so far.


function drawCircle(centerX, centerY, radius, sides, clpNm, clr){
    this.createEmptyMovieClip([clpNm],this.getNextHighestDepth());
    [clpNm]moveTo(centerX + radius,  centerY);
    [clpNm]lineStyle(0);
    [clpNm]beginFill(clr,100);
    
    for(var i=0; i<=sides; i++){
        var pointRatio = i/sides;
        var pointX = centerX + Math.cos(pointRatio*2*Math.PI) * radius;
        var pointY = centerY + Math.sin(pointRatio*2*Math.PI) * radius;
        [clpNm]lineTo(pointX, pointY);
    }
    
    [clpNm]endFill();
    trace(w._width);
    twitch(clpNm);
}

drawCircle(25, 25, 25, 150,"w",0x333333);

The problem is almost definitely with the naming of the clip I think, but I can’t figure it so. Any help would be great.