# Can the listbox data variable be a string?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-the-listbox-data-variable-be-a-string/52609>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 25, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-the-listbox-data-variable-be-a-string/52609 "2004-05-25T18:25:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-the-listbox-data-variable-be-a-string/52609/1 "2004-05-25T18:25:14Z")

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Hello,  
I followed the tutorial on listbox management and applied it to a project I’m working on, but I can’t get it to work. Can the “data” variable in the listbox be a string? I can’t get it to work.

The tutorial uses this:

```auto
list.addItem("My birthday",new Date(2002,4,9));

```

I’d like to use arrays that contain text for mine:

```auto
list_of_terms.addItem(wordList[0],definitionList[0]);

```

where wordList[0] is equal to “cat” and definitionList[0] is equal to “meow, meow”

It doesn’t seem to work, does anybody have any ideas on this?