/* create a function which loops through the images in an array,
   and creates new movie clips on the Stage. */
function displayGallery(gallery_array:Array) {
	var galleryLength:Number = gallery_array.length;
	// loop through each of the images in the gallery_array.
	for (var i = 0; i<galleryLength; i++) {
		/* create a movie clip instance which holds the image. We'll also set a variable, 
		   thisMC, which is an alias to the movie clip instance. */
		var thisMC:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("image"+i+"_mc", i);
		
		/* load the current image source into the new movie clip instance, 
		   using the MovieClipLoader class. */
		mcLoader_mcl.loadClip(gallery_array[i].src, thisMC);

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