Looping though existing movie clips

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I don’t know why I’m having such a hard time finding a definitive answer for this one.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I know how to use iteration to create movie clips on the fly in AS3, and then how to go back though and perform actions on them.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]What I have here is a file where all the movie clips are already on the stage. Each clip is completely different due to design and some other considerations. The naming convention however is “mc1”, “mc”, etc…[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]In AS2, you could do something similar to this:[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]for (i:Number = 1; i <= 30; i++) {[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]     eval("mc" + i).someProperty = whatever;[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]What is the equivalent of this in AS3? I really just need to be able to create the instance name of the clip in the loop using the iteration value. The instance names are already set on the clip in the property inspector. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I’m sure there’s a really simple way of doing this that I’m overlooking.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Thanks![/FONT][/COLOR]
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