# Need help using a number from button name

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-using-a-number-from-button-name/310195>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-using-a-number-from-button-name/310195 "2010-06-03T20:54:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![m2244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@m2244](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m2244)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-using-a-number-from-button-name/310195/1 "2010-06-03T20:54:35Z")

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I have 5 buttons on stage named ‘btn1’ through ‘btn5’. Each has an event listener, each calling the same function. I want to use the numer on the end of the button name to call associated string variables named ‘scenario1’ through ‘scenario5’. I can get the number from the button name using substring, but I can not seem to use that number to call the associated string variable. See the second line in the function named presentScenario.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

```auto

 scenario1 = loaded.questions.question1.textnode;
 scenario1ch1 = loaded.questions.question1.choices.choice1;
 scenario1ch2 = loaded.questions.question1.choices.choice2;
 scenario1ch3 = loaded.questions.question1.choices.choice3;
 
 scenario2 = loaded.questions.question2.textnode;
 scenario2ch1 = loaded.questions.question2.choices.choice1;
 scenario2ch2 = loaded.questions.question2.choices.choice2;
 scenario2ch3 = loaded.questions.question2.choices.choice3;
 
 scenario3 = loaded.questions.question3.textnode;
 scenario3ch1 = loaded.questions.question3.choices.choice1;
 scenario3ch2 = loaded.questions.question3.choices.choice2;
 scenario3ch3 = loaded.questions.question3.choices.choice3;
 
 scenario4 = loaded.questions.question4.textnode;
 scenario4ch1 = loaded.questions.question4.choices.choice1;
 scenario4ch2 = loaded.questions.question4.choices.choice2;
 scenario4ch3 = loaded.questions.question4.choices.choice3;
 
 scenario5 = loaded.questions.question5.textnode;
 scenario5ch1 = loaded.questions.question5.choices.choice1;
 scenario5ch2 = loaded.questions.question5.choices.choice2;
 scenario5ch3 = loaded.questions.question5.choices.choice3;
 
 
function presentScenario(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
 
 whichButtonClicked = evt.currentTarget.name.substr(3,1);
 
 txtScenario.text = scenario[whichButtonClicked];
 
 trace("you clicked button number "+whichButtonClicked);
}

```