# Converting a sting to a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-sting-to-a-movieclip/264026>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 22, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-sting-to-a-movieclip/264026 "2008-06-22T09:31:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alber\_Kidd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-sting-to-a-movieclip/264026/1 "2008-06-22T09:31:13Z")

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I want to convert a sting which comprises of the instance and a suffix so I can edit show my addresses.

var addressName = event.target.name + “Address”;

I tried this but is is null when I trace it.

myMap.aberdeenRed.addEventListener (MouseEvent.ROLL\_OVER, showAddress);

function showAddress (event:MouseEvent) {  
trace(event.target.name + “Address”);  
var addressName = event.target.name + “Address”;  
addressName.alpha = 0.2

}

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-sting-to-a-movieclip/264026/2 "2008-06-22T16:21:44Z")

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You can use [getChildByName](http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/DisplayObjectContainer.html#getChildByName())