AS3 : accessing variable value - actionscript

Question

I have on stage 3 buttons every button should play a sound ... i'm trying to
make the class code dynamic .But i'm stuck with a problem please see the code .
i need help ! fla link & class link
i want to get the String inside the variable not only the name .
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public class CustumClass extends MovieClip
{
private var R1:String ="im a string inside R1";
private var R2:String ="im a string inside R2";
private var R3:String = "im a string inside R3";
private var btns:Array;
private var link:String;
public function CustumClass()
{
// constructor code
btns = new Array(r1,r2,r3); //___ buttons on stage
onLoop();
}
private function onLoop():void
{
for (var i:int = 0; i<btns.length; i++)
{
btns[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,handleBtn);
}
}
private function handleBtn(e:MouseEvent):void
{
// ____ i want to get the string inside variable
link = e.target.name.toUpperCase();
trace (link);
}
}
}

Answer 1

Instead of storing your buttons in an Array
private var btns:Array;
use a Dictionary
private var buttons:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
Then add each reference to a button along with the String that you want to associate with it
// constructor code
buttons[r1] = "text for r1";
buttons[r2] = "text for r2";
buttons[r3] = "text for r3";
onLoop();
You can iterate over the keys.
private function onLoop():void
{
for (var button:Object in buttons)
{
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,handleBtn);
// if above fails, try something like
IEventListener(button).addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,handleBtn);
}
}
You can retrieve a value with a key
private function handleBtn(e:MouseEvent):void
{
trace (buttons[e.currentTarget]);
}