Equal space between mc's

programming flash
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I have a couple of mc’s that are added to the stage after one another.
I want them to have equal space between them.
Here i the code snippet with the problem, below is the full code.


    for each (var link:XML in settingsXML.links.link) {
         i++;
        newsItem = new NewsItem();
        newsItem.menuLabel.text = link.@name;
        newsItem.menuLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

        total += newsItem.menuLabel.width;

       //*******HERE IS THE PROBLEM**********

        newsItem.x = total+newsItem.menuLabel.width
        //trace("t"+total)
        //trace("w"+newsItem.menuLabel.width);
        //trace("x"+newsItem.x)

Full code here


import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;

var xmlPath:String = "site.xml";
 

var settingsXML:XML;
 

var tweensArray:Array = new Array();

var buttonTween:Tween;
var newsSpeed:Number = 3;
var newsHolder:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(newsHolder);
var total:Number = 0;


var loader = new URLLoader();
loader.load (new URLRequest(xmlPath));
loader.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
 

function xmlLoaded (e:Event):void {
 

    if ((e.target as URLLoader) != null ) {
      
        settingsXML = new XML(loader.data);
        settingsXML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
      
        createTicker ();
    }
 
}
 
function createTicker ():void {
  
    var newsItem:NewsItem;
  
    var i:uint = 0;

  
    for each (var link:XML in settingsXML.links.link) {
         i++;
        newsItem = new NewsItem();
 
     
        newsItem.menuLabel.text = link.@name;
 
      
        newsItem.menuLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
         
//********HERE I MY PROBLEM **************

        total += newsItem.menuLabel.width;
        newsItem.x = total+newsItem.menuLabel.width
        //trace("t"+total)
        //trace("w"+newsItem.menuLabel.width);
        //trace("x"+newsItem.x)


        newsItem.y = 14;
        newsItem.buttonMode = true;
        newsItem.mouseChildren = false;

 
         newsItem.linkTo = link.@url;
        newsItem.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseClicked);
    
        newsItem.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, mouseOverHandler);
        newsItem.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOutHandler);
         

        
        newsHolder.addChild (newsItem);
         //trace("x:" + newsItem.x);
        //trace("w:" + newsItem.menuLabel.width);
    }            
        
}


function mouseClicked(e:Event):void {
var targetURL:String = e.target.linkTo;
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(targetURL);
navigateToURL(urlRequest);
}

function mouseOverHandler (e:Event):void {
 
  
    buttonTween = new Tween(e.target, "scaleX", Elastic.easeOut, 1, 2, 1, true);
    newsSpeed = 1;
}
 

function mouseOutHandler (e:Event):void {
 
  
     buttonTween = new Tween(e.target, "scaleX", Elastic.easeOut, e.target.scaleX, 1, 1, true);
     newsSpeed = 3;
}
newsHolder.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveNewsTicker);
function moveNewsTicker(e:Event):void{
    newsHolder.x -= newsSpeed;
    if(newsHolder.x <= -newsHolder.width -150 ){
        newsHolder.x = stage.stageWidth;;
        }
    }

Here is the xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<site>
<links>
<link name="111 Oj oj oj vilken nyhet." url="http://www.dn.se"/>
<link name="222 Det här blir spännande." url="http://www.svd.se"/>
<link name="333 Kolla in den här det är en bra nyhet." url="http://www.idg.se"/>
<link name="444 Ni måste läsa detta." url="http://www.svt.se"/>
<link name="555 asdfsadfasdfsadfasd." url="http://www.svt.se"/>
</links>
</site>