Vars and _root Objects

programming flash
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Does any one know why an if on press == true would not work?
Basically inside [COLOR=Red][“row”+i] [COLOR=Black](which is a movie clip) there are three x[/COLOR] but(1,2,3)
[COLOR=Black]and one instance of [COLOR=Red]ticker [COLOR=Black]if but1 is pressed then ticker will move to.

The reason why it is set up this was is because [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Red][“row”+i] [COLOR=Black]is a movie clip that occurs 19 times.

[/COLOR][/COLOR]:td:



var question:Number = 19;
for (var i = 1; i<=question; i++) {
_root["row"+i].onPress = function() {

if(but1.onPress == true){
trace("button 1 is pressed");
this.ticker._x = 50;

}else if(but2.onPress == true){
trace("button 2 is pressed");
this.ticker._x = 100;

}else if(but3.onPress == true){
trace("button 2 is pressed");
this.ticker._x = 150;
    };
}
}