# Targeting items in an array

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**Created:** [April 21, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-items-in-an-array/308342 "2010-04-21T08:53:33Z")
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### Author: ![criszero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@criszero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/criszero)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-items-in-an-array/308342/1 "2010-04-21T08:53:33Z")

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Hello all - Flash 8 AS2 problem here…

I’m a bit green when it comes to code and I have a specific thing I need to do which has had me going round in circles (no laughing at the back!). It must be pretty simple but I’m stumped!

Basically I have 6 movieclips on the timeline with instance names ‘btn1’, ‘btn2’ etc to ‘btn6’. These movieclips have an “on” and an “off” state (frame labels)

I make an array:  
ActionScript Code:  
[LEFT][COLOR=#993300]var[/COLOR] buttons = [COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR]btn1, btn2, btn3, btn4, btn5, btn6[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR];  
[/LEFT]

When each mc is clicked, it should switch ‘on’ or ‘off’ alternately. So far so good, here is my code that’s working:  
ActionScript Code:  
[LEFT][COLOR=#f000f0]_//_[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#993300]for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]item [COLOR=#993300]in[/COLOR] buttons[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]  
buttons[COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR]item[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]state[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]false[/COLOR];  
buttons[COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR]item[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]onRelease[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]function[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#993300]if[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]state[/COLOR] == [COLOR=#993300]false[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]gotoAndStop[/COLOR] COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]state[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]true[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR] [COLOR=#993300]else[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#993300]gotoAndStop[/COLOR] COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#993300]this[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]state[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#993300]false[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]  
[/LEFT]

HOWEVER! When btn1 is clicked, not only do I need to turn it on/off, but I need it disable/enable btn4 at the same time (so when btn1 is ‘off’ btn4 is enabled, but when btn1 is ‘on’ btn4 is disabled).

This goes for btn2 & btn3 also so:  
btn1 enables/disables btn4  
btn2 enables/disables btn5  
btn3 enables/disables btn6

This shouldn’t work the other way round - so btn4,btn5 and btn6 should just switch on and off without affecting anything else.

Is there a neat way of doing this, or should I just split things up so that btn1 & btn4 are in one array, btn2 & btn5 in another, and btn3 & btn6 in another?

Please help if you can!

All the best,  
Chris