# Declaring a variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-a-variable/27418>\
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**Created:** [August 2, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-a-variable/27418 "2003-08-02T04:40:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![holy\_cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@holy\_cheese](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/holy_cheese)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-a-variable/27418/1 "2003-08-02T04:40:48Z")

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hey, this is about declaring a variable.  
if i want to declare a variable called xpos  
can i just write it on a mc like this

xpos = getProperty (bla bla bla bla);

by itself???

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-a-variable/27418/2 "2003-08-02T06:08:05Z")

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var xpos = getProperty should do it I think

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-a-variable/27418/3 "2003-08-02T07:02:01Z")

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yeah that should work…

but you can jsut do it like this:

xpos = movieclip.\_x

im assuming you want the x location

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/declaring-a-variable/27418/4 "2003-08-02T07:05:52Z")

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getProperty and setProperty are deprecated in Flash MX. Instead, use xpos = \_root.movieclip.\_x, to store the x position of a movieclip with the instance name “movieclip” in the variable xpos.