How to call a function dynamically?

programming flash
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Say I have this:


function f1():void {
     if (!paused) {
          // animate something
          // start timer and when it's done execute f2()
     } else {
          ??
     }
}
function f2(te:TimerEvent):void {
     if (!paused) {
          // animate something
          // start timer and when it's done execute f3()
     } else {
          ??
     }
}
function f3(me:TimerEvent):void {
     if (!paused) {
          // animate something then execute f4()
     } else {
          ??
     }
}
function f4():void {
     if (!paused) {
          // animate something
     } else {
          ??
     }
}

This series of functions happen serially as can be seen. I have a pause button that, when clicked, sets “paused” to true. This interrupts the flow of the animations, which is what I want to happen.

My problem is, how do I restart the animations when I unpause? I assume this would happen where the ??'s are.

I guess I could set up an Enter Frame listener that constantly checks the value of paused, but I would prefer a more, well, elegant solution.

Is there a way for me to define a variable:

var currentFunction:Function = new Function();

…that I can set, in the ‘else’, to the function it’s in, like this?

function f4():void {
     if (!paused) {
          // animate something
     } else {
          // somehow set currentFunction to f4();
     }
}

And then, in the function that sets paused to true or false, execute that function, like this:

function setPause(me:MouseEvent) { // click a pause button
     if (!paused) {
          paused = true;
     } else {
          paused = false;
          currentFunction();
     }
}

Then too, for the functions passed a TimerEvent object, would I define a second function like this?

var currentFunctionTimer:Function = new Function(te:TimerEvent);

I was thinking that instead of this I could dispatch a new TimerEvent but there are multiple functions that get passed a TimerEvent object so it doesn’t seem like that would work.

Thanks!