array of classes

I wanna make an array of classes and then access those classes through the array.


myArray = ["first","second"];
trace(myArray[0]); // first
theName = "first";
_root.attachMovie("theSymbol",theName, 100);

first.someFunction(); // this works

// I found that You can't do this:
theName.someFunction(); // Here, it thinks that 'theName' is an object; I want to use it's value instead.

// this doesn't work either
myArray[0].someFunction();

how can I make an array of classes u

Figured out a way. Don't know if it's the best but here it goes:

someArray = new Array(); // an empty array

for(i=0; i<100; i++){
someArray[i] = new theClassName();

// in other to access the variables of the class we need to use setProperty() so that we can use the variable's value as the name

setProperty(someArray[i], someProperty, 'someValue');
}


my neccessity was to create a class that has the properties of the movieclip class + my own. This doesn't illustrate that, but still I hope that it will be of some use to someone.