# AS 3 instance names

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-instance-names/195617>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-instance-names/195617 "2006-08-01T22:59:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![infect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@infect](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/infect)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-instance-names/195617/1 "2006-08-01T22:59:10Z")

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I know that you can add a movie clip to the stage using the addChild() function but my question is how can you give a instance name to a dynamicly placed MovieClip?

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