# Accessing a variable within another MC and manipulating? HELP!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-variable-within-another-mc-and-manipulating-help/324254
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**Created:** [August 10, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-variable-within-another-mc-and-manipulating-help/324254 "2011-08-10T19:11:39Z")
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### Author: ![hyperhappy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@hyperhappy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hyperhappy)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-variable-within-another-mc-and-manipulating-help/324254/1 "2011-08-10T19:11:39Z")

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hi fellow flashers… I have an mc with the variable called “Section” and I want to be able to change the contents of this variable from another MC.

I have tried MovieClip(parent).mcInstanceName.variable = “normal”;

But that doesn’t work… any ideas???