# Convert string to nested movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-string-to-nested-movieclip/293842>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 4, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-string-to-nested-movieclip/293842 "2009-08-04T17:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![jayrich86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@jayrich86](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jayrich86)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convert-string-to-nested-movieclip/293842/1 "2009-08-04T17:44:54Z")

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How do I join two strings into a movieclip so that it works out to string1\_mc.string2\_mc

i.e.

var monthID = “monthCal”+newMonth

var dayID = “day”+monthArray[newMonth][e].eventDate;

trace(this[monthID].\_name) // this works and traces the correct name  
trace(this[monthID].calendar\_mc.this[dayID].\_name); // this does not work.

the dayID is in calendar\_mc, which is in the monthID