# Problem with arrays(?), AS2 to AS3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-arrays-as2-to-as3/313059>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 18, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-arrays-as2-to-as3/313059 "2010-08-18T22:08:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![dexter\_walrus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dexter\_walrus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dexter_walrus)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-arrays-as2-to-as3/313059/1 "2010-08-18T22:08:30Z")

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I’m trying to translate AS2 into AS3. I’m building an image gallery for my website.  
Now here’s the AS2 code that I have

```auto
//create images and mask
this.createEmptyMovieClip("images", 100);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("names", 98);
this.attachMovie("mask", "mask", 101);

mask._y = 361;
images._y = 320;
names._y = 674;
mask._x = target = 382;
images.setMask(mask);
images._x = names._x = 1000;
speed = 5;

for (var i = 0; i<6; i++) 
{
    var img = images.attachMovie("image"+i, "image"+i, i);
    img._x = 625*i;
}
for (var i = 0; i<4; i++) 
{
    var nam = names.attachMovie("name"+i, "name"+i, i);
    nam._x = 625*i;
}

//buttons    
leftButton.onRelease = function()
{
    //trace(target)
    target += 625 ;
    if (target > 300)
    {
        target = 382;
    }
}
    
rightButton.onRelease = function()
{
    //trace(target)
    target -= 625;
    if (target < -1500)
    {
            target = -1493;
    }
}

//speed of movement
this.onEnterFrame = function() 
{
    images._x += (target-images._x)/speed;
    names._x += (target-names._x)/speed;
};

```

and you can see the result on this page - [http://dexvision.org/mina.html](http://dexvision.org/mina.html)

Now, I’m redesigning my site and decided to work in AS3 for the sake of learning new things and this is what I have so far

```auto
import flash.events.Event 
import flash.display.MovieClip;

//create images
var imageList:Array = [image0,image1,image2,image3];
var images:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
for (var i:uint=0; i<imageList.length; i++) {
    images = new imageList*(); 
    images.x = 390.95;
    images.y = (550 * i) + 24.05 + 550;
    addChild(images);
}

var target:Number = 14.05;

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, speed);
//
function speed(Event){
    images.y += (target-images.y)/5;
}

```

What happens is AS creates the 4 images on the stage but only the one that’s last in the array is active - can be moved with the buttons (for which I haven’t written the code yet). The other 3 images are static on the stage.  
Any idea why this happens or any other way I can make this work?

Thank you,  
Dex