# \_global variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-global-variable/18858>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 22, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-global-variable/18858 "2003-04-22T02:22:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@tome](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tome)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-global-variable/18858/1 "2003-04-22T02:22:09Z")

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can anyone explain to me what the \_global.myvariable does that is different than just declaring a variable.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-global-variable/18858/2 "2003-04-22T04:24:27Z")

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it’s just so you don’t have to write the PATH to that variable every time you reference it.  
🙂  
jeremy

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-global-variable/18858/3 "2003-04-22T04:27:19Z")

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you can access a global variable from anywhere in a movie, hence its name.

read up on global variables [here.](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/global.asp)