# Converting a string to MovieClip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-string-to-movieclip/259644>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-string-to-movieclip/259644 "2008-05-07T13:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivaretro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a3d4f5/32.png) [@vivaretro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vivaretro)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/converting-a-string-to-movieclip/259644/1 "2008-05-07T13:41:22Z")

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I have a string that I want to covert to a MovieClip so it can  
reference an instance on my timeline. How do I do that,  
with extends or something?