animationArray only playing last image - iphone

Question

I currently have this method buttonHit that calls playAnimationToNumber which accepts an int, which is then in turn used to run through a loop playing an array of images for each iteration, however it only seems to be playing the last array.. can you see why? because I am slightly lost and would appreciate the help.
//attached to button and it calls animation method.
- (void)buttonHit:(id)sender{
[self playAnimationToNumber:5];
}
- (void)playAnimationToNumber:(int)number{
for (int counter=1; counter<=number; counter++) {
NSString *imageNameForFirstNumber = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Flap%i.png", counter];
NSArray *imagesForAnimation = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[UIImage imageNamed:#"FlapMoving1.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:#"FlapMoving2.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:imageNameForFirstNumber], nil];
animationArray.animationImages = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:imagesForAnimation];
animationArray.animationDuration = 0.5;
animationArray.animationRepeatCount = 1;
[animationArray startAnimating];
[self.view addSubview:animationArray];
}
[animationArray release];
}
WORKING CODE
'
- (void)playAnimationToNumber:(int)number{
NSMutableArray *imagesForAnimation = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:0];
for (int counter=1; counter<=number; counter++) {
NSString *imageNameForFirstNumber = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Flap%i.png", counter];
[imagesForAnimation addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:#"FlapMoving1.png"]];
[imagesForAnimation addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:#"FlapMoving2.png"]];
[imagesForAnimation addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:imageNameForFirstNumber]];
}
animationArray.animationImages = [NSArray arrayWithArray:imagesForAnimation];
animationArray.animationDuration = 5.9;
animationArray.animationRepeatCount = 1;
[animationArray startAnimating];
[self.view addSubview:animationArray];
[imagesForAnimation release];
}'

Answer 1

Here you go try this code.
- (void)playAnimationToNumber:(int)number{
NSMutableArray *imagesForAnimation = [[[NSMutable alloc] initWithCapacity:0] autoRelease];
[imagesForAnimation addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:#"FlapMoving1.png"]];
[imagesForAnimation addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:#"FlapMoving2.png"]];
for (int counter=1; counter<=number; counter++) {
NSString *imageNameForFirstNumber = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Flap%i.png", counter];
[imagesForAnimation addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:imageNameForFirstNumber]];
}
animationArray.animationImages = [NSArray arrayWithArray:imagesForAnimation];
animationArray.animationDuration = 0.5;
animationArray.animationRepeatCount = 1;
[animationArray startAnimating];
[self.view addSubview:animationArray];
}
}