For Loop woes

1

I know there is a for loop topic just below this one, but I think my question is different enough to not warrant flaming. My first question is this. why does the first not work but the second does ? This one traces undefined.

 for (i=1; i<100; i++) {
	myArray* = i;
	trace(myArray*);
}

This one traces:

undefined
undefined
etc.


for(i=0; i<10; i++) {
	array * = (i + 5)*10;
	trace(array*);
}

This one traces

50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140

My other question, very related, is this: How do you address different MCs with numbers using loops. What I mean is, how would you write a multiple (more than two) hit detection script.

2

no problem, works just fine with me.

i = 0;
myArray = new Array();
array = new Array();
 
for (i=1; i<100; i++) {
    myArray* = i;
    trace(myArray*); // outputs 1-99
}
 
for(i=0; i<10; i++) {
    array * = (i + 5)*10;
    trace(array*); // ouputs 50-140
}
3

for example mc_1, mc_2, mc_3 ?

for (var i=1; i<=3; i++) {
   trace(this["mc_"+i]._name + " called");
 }