Stuck with AS3 migration

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Hello everyone, I am stuck with AS3 migration:

I’ve defined a variable outside my function, then I want to call the variable to become a certain movie clip, but it doesn’t work.
Here is a simple example of my code:


//setting playClip variable to be movieclip
var [COLOR="red"]playClip[/COLOR]:MovieClip;

mybtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playAnim);

function playAnim(e:MouseEvent):void {
[COLOR="red"]playClip [/COLOR]= myClip;
myClip_animator.play();
}

//the function should be executed on playClip 
//this is a long function I didn't paste it in
var myClip_animator:Animator = new Animator(myClip_xml, [COLOR="Red"]playClip[/COLOR]);

If I set the variable outside the function it will work. How do I set the variable to work outside the function?

Thanks