What is the 'any' character in flash

i don’t know what to call it … so that explains the lame name of this thread but here’s my question.

in windows if i want to find a file of a particular type i can search for .jpg. '’ is the ‘any’ character in that instance.

what i’m curious about is say for instance i have a bunch of buttons on the screen that create mouse effects and i want the handCursor not to show when you mouseOver them to create the effects. so in the main frame’s actionscript i put

buttonName.useHandCursor = false

but i don’t want to redo that script for all the buttons so i name the buttons sequentially “button1 - button65” for instance is it possible to say something like:

button*.useHandCursor = false … again the ‘*’ is what i’m using for the random character

or something like (button+"*").useHandCursor = false

thanks for your help =)

http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13890

I think you may be better off using an array[]

*Originally posted by Jubba *
**http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13890 **

I knew this question was coming so I put that in the other post… yeah… thats the ticket