Problem adding addEventListener

programming flash
1

Hi Everyone,
Im facing this small problem for which I haven’t been able to figure a solution. It would be of great help to know how to get it working.

I have a series of named and numbered movieclips on stage that require the same function to be called.

The following code works


ace1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goPage); 
function goPage(event:MouseEvent)
{
    trace("test");
}

But the following code gives the error
1120: Access of undefined property ace


var i =new Number(1);
ace*.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goPage); 
function goPage(event:MouseEvent)
{
    trace("test");
}

Again in another example if I have another movieclip within ace1 and I try to assign the code to it as below. This works


var i =new Number(1);
ace1.base1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goPage); 
function goPage(event:MouseEvent)
{
    trace("test");
}

But if I try similar approach.
I get the error 1010: A term is undefined and has no properties


var i =new Number(1);
ace1.base*.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goPage); 
function goPage(event:MouseEvent)
{
    trace("test");
}

Any suggestions and corrections are appreciated.
Thank you.