Hoping there are some AS3 helpers here.
I am very new to actionscript 3.0 so please bare with me!

I have 2 classes Main.as and RedPawn.as (yes, in the same folder).
I am wanting to check if a child exists on a movie clip in Main.as through RedPawn.as.

This is within a for loop since I am checking 24 possible values for _dest until I find a match.

This minified code example would be in the RedPawn class:

_dest = 'example_mc'; // example_mc is normally pulled from an array
if ( MovieClip(root)._dest.numChildren < 2 ) { // do stuff; }

Error:
Property _dest not found on Main and there is no default value.

I am assuming the code thinks I am looking for a variable that is within the Main.as class(?) but this variable is in the RedPawn class.

Is there a way to traverse this properly so it uses the _dest var set in this RedPawn.as class? For testing, I hard coded the _dest var then it worked fine.

Thanks so much!

with a fully qualified reference

RedPawn._dest

Thanks. I found a good board game style sample here and I realize it is bad practice to do what I was doing.

I shoulda started by making tic tac toe! ****!

I always pick a project that is over my head to begin with!