# Control MovieClips held in an Array

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-movieclips-held-in-an-array/322942>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 9, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-movieclips-held-in-an-array/322942 "2011-06-09T19:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaggernought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jaggernought](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jaggernought)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-movieclips-held-in-an-array/322942/1 "2011-06-09T19:10:27Z")

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I’m trying to create the very basics of a isometric map. My engine creates to map fine, but it’s when I want to then control the movie clips.  
I’m adding each cell in the grid using and array:

```auto

for (var X= 0; X < Engine.Var.GridWidth; X ++)
            {
                for (var Y = 0; Y < Engine.Var.GridHeight; Y ++)
                {
                    Engine.Var.cellCount ++;
                    var _X = (X * Engine.Var.cellWidth) + Engine.Var.GridX;
                    var _Y = (Y * Engine.Var.cellHeight) + Engine.Var.GridY;

                    cell_mc = new Cell(_X + Engine.Var.GridX ,_Y + Engine.Var.GridY,this.stageRef);
                    cellHolder.push("cell_mc" + Engine.Var.cellCount);
                    cell_mc.cell.instanceName = "cell_mc" + Engine.Var.cellCount;
                }
            }

```

That bit works fine, it adds the cells to the stage and adds an instance of them to the “cellHolder” array.  
But I want to make it so you can drag to map around and explore it. I though I would be able to do some thing like:

```auto

for (var i= 0; i < cellHolder.length; i++)
{
cellHolder*.x ++;
}

```

To sum up I want to be able to use the cellHolder to address the movie clips it holds.

Thanks for any help