# Nav links don't work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nav-links-dont-work/121602>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 4, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nav-links-dont-work/121602 "2004-09-04T14:34:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![kranekick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@kranekick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kranekick)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nav-links-dont-work/121602/1 "2004-09-04T14:34:28Z")

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Can anyone tell me why my nav links aren’t working?  
I have 28 in total and they work fine when I use,

```auto

mcNavBtn1.onRelease = function() {
mcCheck1.gotoAndStop("on");
};

```

but, I don’t want to have to paste the code 28 times, so I’m trying this,

```auto

for(var i:Number = 1; i<29; i++) {
mcNavBtn*.onRelease = function() {
mcCheck*.gotoAndStop("on");
};
}

```

trace(mcNavBtn\*); //comes back as undefined  
I’ve also tried the following, which seems to be closer to working,

```auto

var btnArray:Array = new Array();
var checkArray:Array = new Array();
for(var i:Number = 1; i<29; i++) {
btnArray* = "mcNavBtn"+i;
checkArray* = "mcCheck"+i;
 
trace(btnArray*);
 
btnArray*.onRelease = function() {
checkArray*.gotoAndStop("on");
};
}

```