# Addressing A Class Member By String

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-a-class-member-by-string/236578
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 21, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-a-class-member-by-string/236578 "2007-08-21T23:56:28Z")
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### Author: ![icekube12jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@icekube12jr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icekube12jr)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-a-class-member-by-string/236578/1 "2007-08-21T23:56:28Z")

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Hi,

Just wondering if there is a way that you could address a member/method/function by using a string. For example, I could call a member of the class MovieClip like this:

```auto
var something:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
something.x = 15;

```

Is there a way that I can do it like this (I know this code below doesn’t work but along these lines is there a way?):

```auto
var something:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var s:String = "x";

something.s = 15;

```

icekube12jr