Two-dimensional array and positioning of movie clips

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Hello Kirupa Forum,

I am making a flipping card game that allows the player to match two cards etc.

I have got the game working but can not seem to position the cards correctly when they ouput in the .swf file ready for the player to play. I have an idea how I want them to look on screen via a graphical mock-up design but can’t seem to force the 4 x 5 grid to output in these x and y values and then shift and position like the array tells it to.

I basically would like the 16, 24 cards or whatever I choose to output, to start and position at a certain point on the stage and then shift with the declared spacing.

picked_count=0; 	//number of picks made
h_space = 100; 	            //horizontal spacing between tiles 
v_space = 75; 		       //vertical spacing between tiles

//create arrays for tiles and their blockers
tile_array = new Array();
tile_depth=0
blocker_array = new Array();

solution_count=0

//create and initialize each tile and blocker
for(i=0;i<5;++i){
	tile_array* = new Array();
	blocker_array* = new Array();
	for(j=0;j<4;++j){
		
		//increment counter every other iteration
		tile_type = Math.floor((tile_depth++)/2);
		
		//attach tile
		attachMovie("tile "+tile_type, "t"+i+j, tile_depth);
		
		//place tile in tile array
		tile_array*[j] = this["t"+i+j];
		
		//create blocker
		attachMovie("tile blocker", "blocker"+i+j, tile_depth+100);
		//place blocker in array
		blocker_array*[j] = this["blocker"+i+j];

		//move tiles and blockers
		tile_array*[j]._x = blocker_array*[j]._x = j * h_space + h_space/2;
		tile_array*[j]._y = blocker_array*[j]._y = i * v_space + v_space/2;
		//assign tile type
		tile_array*[j].mytype = tile_type;
		//new game, no tiles have been solved
		tile_array*[j].solved = false;
	}
}

shuffleTiles();

Thanks in advance for any help!