Rerring to my clip by name?

[Alber Kidd]

Hi,

I have created a loop to add my clips by class and give them a name

tempClip = new clientsThumbs[i]();
tempClip.x = xPos;
tempClip.y = yPos;
tempClip.name = clientsNames[i];
tempClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, focus);
addChild(tempClip);
xPos = xPos +200;

Then I want to loop through these clips and change the alpha, I have tried casting as I thought that was how you do it but I get the 'cannot convert string' error



for(var i:int = 0; i<clientsName.length; i++) {

clientsNames[i].alpha= 0.5;

//OR MovieClip(clientsNames[i]).alpha= 0.5;

}

How do I reference my instances by name
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[Krilnon]

getChildByName(clientsNames[i])