Passing Movie clips as parameters

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Hi,

I have a flash movie where I make several duplicate movies using this code:

 for(i=0; i < 5; i++) {
duplicateMovieClip(_root.clover, "clover"+i, i);
}

In the actions for my “_root.clover” movie clip, I have the following:

 
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
 
this._x +=1;
this._y +=1
}

Is there anyway I can pass the current movie clips to another outside method and perform actions on it instead of referencing it from inside the movie clip?

For example,

 
 
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
 
_root.outsideMethod(this);
}

and have this excecuted in an outisde method:


outsideMethod = function(movieClip) {
 
movieClip._x +=1;
movieClip._y -=1;
 
}

Where movieClip could be any random variable, not the name of the movie clip.

Any thoughts?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time!