# ? as?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as/314216>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 21, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as/314216 "2010-09-21T22:54:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![rimacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rimacy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rimacy)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as/314216/1 "2010-09-21T22:54:37Z")

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i’m working through a screen handler tutorial( VERY HELPFUL, nicely written, and I’m learning so there u go)[http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/handling-screen-architecture-the-painless-way/](http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/handling-screen-architecture-the-painless-way/)

in this tutorial lives this chunk of code:

```auto
private function removeOldScreen():void{
    var oldScreen:MovieClip;
    oldScreen = screenLayer.getChildAt(0) as MovieClip;
    screenLayer.removeChild(oldScreen);
}

```

my question is “When I use the “as MovieClip;” part what am I saying?”.