Squarej.as

function drawLaser() {

this.createEmptyMovieClip("Laser", 0);

Laser.lineStyle(3, 0xffff00, 100);

Laser.beginFill(0xffff00, 100);

Laser.moveTo(267, 150);

Laser.lineTo(267, 140);

Laser.lineTo(270, 140);

Laser.lineTo(270, 150);

Laser.lineTo(267, 150);

Laser.endFill();

}

function shoot() {

         drawLaser();

         var newY = -30;

         //The numLasers variable is declared and set to 1 outside the function

         while (numLasers < 10) {

                  duplicateMovieClip(_root.Laser, "Laser" + numLasers, numLasers);

                  setProperty(eval("_root.Laser" + numLasers), _y, newY);

                  newY -= 30;

                  numLasers++;

         }

}

shoot();