# Detecting a collision at a given location

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-a-collision-at-a-given-location/138775>\
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**Created:** [February 25, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-a-collision-at-a-given-location/138775 "2005-02-25T04:46:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dAEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dAEL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dAEL)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-a-collision-at-a-given-location/138775/1 "2005-02-25T04:46:01Z")

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Is there a way to detect what movie clip is in a certain location? For instance, if I enter some random coords, like x=15, y=0, is there a way it will return the name of the movieclip thats occupies that location?