If I understand properly what you mean, the "contains" method is what you're
looking for.
if (loader_clip.contains(ldr)){
loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
}
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/DisplayObjectContainer.html#contains%28%29
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Gregory Boland
<breakfastcof...@gmail.com>wrote:
> try .numChildren property
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Alan Neilsen <aneil...@gotafe.vic.edu.au
> >wrote:
>
> > I am using loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); to remove child objects from my
> > loader clip, and I want to test if a child object is there before
> removing
> > it. I thought it would be something like
> > if (loader_clip.child !=0) { // or !="", or !=null, or ==true, or
> > something like that
> > loader_clip.removeChild(ldr);
> > }
> >
> > But when I trace (loader_clip.child) it comes back "undefined" whether
> the
> > child is still there or not.
> >
> > What can I use to test this so loader_clip.removeChild(ldr); doesn't
> > produce an error if the child has already been removed?
> > Alan Neilsen
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