# Dynamic array naming

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-array-naming/17836>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 9, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-array-naming/17836 "2003-04-09T21:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mojoNYC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@mojoNYC](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mojoNYC)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-array-naming/17836/1 "2003-04-09T21:14:33Z")

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i’m trying to dynamically name currentArray and return the length, and it keeps returning the wrong value–here’s the code:

```php

womenArray = ["","nina.jpg", "tina.jpg", "colleen.jpg"];

_global.currentArray="_root.womenArray";
		
	
function aLen(){
	hLen=currentArray.length;
	trace(hLen);
}
aLen();

```

it works fine w. the static name in, but this code returns the wrong value–can somebody please help me figure out what’s going wrong?  
thanks much,  
-mojo

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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:** [April 9, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-array-naming/17836/2 "2003-04-09T21:17:02Z")

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try

```auto

function aLen(){    
    hLen=_root.currentArray.length;    
    trace(hLen);
}

```

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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:** [April 9, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-array-naming/17836/3 "2003-04-09T21:19:15Z")

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nope I was wrong. 🙂

```php
_global.currentArray = _root.womenArray;  

```

remove the quotes. Having the quotes there made currentArray a string and it didn’t copy the array

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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:** [April 9, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-array-naming/17836/4 "2003-04-09T21:48:24Z")

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yes–thankyouverymuch jubba!

i love it when it’s something so easy like that…  
😛