# How to remove movieclip from array?AS3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-remove-movieclip-from-array-as3/276468>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 28, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-remove-movieclip-from-array-as3/276468 "2008-11-28T00:36:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-remove-movieclip-from-array-as3/276468/1 "2008-11-28T00:36:07Z")

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Hi here is my code:  
var arrows:Array = new Array();  
var gameTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000); // 1 second  
var maxTime:int;  
var Time:int = 2;  
var arrow\_speed:int = 5;  
maxTime = Time;  
gameTimer.start();  
import flash.display.MovieClip;

function Arrows(event:Event) {

```
MoveArrows();
if(maxTime == 0){
	if(arrows.length&lt;3){
	
		var arrow_type:int = Math.random()*3;
		trace("Jepu: "+arrow_type);
		
		getArrows(arrow_type);
		maxTime = Time;
		
	}
	
}

```

}

function getArrows(type){

```
switch(type){
	case 0:
		var arrow1:Arrow = new Arrow();
		arrow1.gotoAndStop(1);
		arrow1.x = 20;
		arrow1.y = 0;
		stage.addChild(arrow1);
		trace("Object: "+arrow1.name);
		arrows.push(arrow1);
		break;
	case 1:
		var arrow2:Arrow = new Arrow();
		arrow2.gotoAndStop(2);
		arrow2.x = 120;
		arrow2.y = 0;
		stage.addChild(arrow2);
		trace("Object: "+arrow2.name);
		arrows.push(arrow2);
		break;
	case 2:
		var arrow3:Arrow = new Arrow();
		arrow3.gotoAndStop(3);
		arrow3.x = 220;
		arrow3.y = 0;
		stage.addChild(arrow3);
		trace("Object: "+arrow3.name);
		arrows.push(arrow3);
		break;
	case 3:
		var arrow4:Arrow = new Arrow();
		arrow4.gotoAndStop(4);
		arrow4.x = 320;
		arrow4.y = 0;
		stage.addChild(arrow4);
		trace("Object: "+arrow4.name);
		arrows.push(arrow4);
		break;
	default:
}

```

}

function MoveArrows(){  
for (var i:int = 0; i\<arrows.length; i++){  
arrows\*.y+=arrow\_speed;  
var arrow\_name = arrows\*.name;  
if (arrows\*.hitTestObject(del)){  
//removeChild(arrows\*);  
MovieClip(MovieClip(arrows\*).parent).removeChild(arrows\*);  
//trace(arrow\_name);  
arrows.splice(i, 1);  
}  
}

}

function runMany(event:TimerEvent):void {  
getTimer()/1000;  
maxTime–;  
}  
function main(){

```
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, Arrows);
//addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, MoveArrows);
gameTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, runMany);
//Arrows();

```

}  
main();

Now my problem is with this function:

function MoveArrows(){  
for (var i:int = 0; i\<arrows.length; i++){  
arrows\*.y+=arrow\_speed;  
var arrow\_name = arrows\*.name;  
if (arrows\*.hitTestObject(del)){  
//removeChild(arrows\*);  
MovieClip(MovieClip(arrows\*).parent).removeChild(arrows\*);  
//trace(arrow\_name);  
arrows.splice(i, 1);  
}  
}

}

if I use removeChild(arrows\*); to get rid off the mc I get this error:  
ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.  
and if I use MovieClip(MovieClip(arrows\*).parent).removeChild(arrows\*); I get this error:  
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::Stage@2f1ef99 to flash.display.MovieClip.

So where I’m doing it wrong?

Thanks for advance. =)