creating instance names in for loop

smallBlindsSchedule = new Array();
bigBlindsSchedule = new Array();
for(var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++){ smallBlindsSchedule[i] = int(movBlinds["blind_"+(i+1)+"a"].text); bigBlindsSchedule[i] = int(movBlinds["blind_"+(i+1)+"b"].text); }

so instead of writing something lame like:

movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item1.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item2.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item3.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item4.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item5.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item6.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item7.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item8.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item9.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item10.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item11.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item12.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item13.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item14.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item15.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);
movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0).item16.theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);

you write

for(var i:int = 1; i < 17; i++){ movMain.movThumbnails.content_mc.getChildAt(1).getChildAt(0)["item"+i].theBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollFunction, false, 0, true);}