# A hitTest question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 6, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852 "2003-07-06T03:53:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@cardjorg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cardjorg)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/1 "2003-07-06T03:53:30Z")
hello I am making my first game i don’t have very much experience programing I need some help
any help is very much apreciated
thanks here is the fla attached=)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/2 "2003-07-06T03:56:48Z")
hm… nice fla… what’s supposed to happen? whats not working? :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/3 "2003-07-06T03:59:53Z")
its a simple game , when the person gets to the key the person will drag it and when the key hits the door it’s supposed to go to the (“the”) frame
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/4 "2003-07-06T05:30:57Z")
Just paste this code on your Key movi clip[AS]onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this, hitTest(\_root.door)) {
\_root.gotoAndStop(2);
}
}
[/AS]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/5 "2003-07-06T05:37:22Z")
thanks man
you’re my heroe
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/6 "2003-07-06T05:41:38Z")
😛
You’re welcome 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/7 "2003-07-06T06:09:26Z")
I have a question about the hitTest syntax: I know [AS]\_root.movieclip.hitTest(\_root.whatever);[/AS] is correct, but what about the comma ? [AS]if (this, hitTest(\_root.door);[/AS] will that work too ? I mean, I know about the dot, but I’m not sure about the comma …
I looked it up in the actionscript dictionary and it didn’t say anything about a comma …
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary534.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary534.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/8 "2003-07-06T06:11:38Z")
mmmm
always learning something new,
i didn’t know about the dot but
yes it works with the comma or atleast in
flash mx
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/9 "2003-07-06T06:29:07Z")
Voetsjoeba, I actually meant to use “.” but i accidentaly used “,”
Cant explain dat too :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/10 "2003-07-09T17:49:27Z")
i have updated you thing for you
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hittest-question/24852/11 "2003-07-09T19:20:46Z")
thanks alot i apreciated :trout: :beam: