# Dynamic Variables for Movieclips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-variables-for-movieclips/284928>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 25, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-variables-for-movieclips/284928 "2009-03-25T07:28:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![arunforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@arunforce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arunforce)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-variables-for-movieclips/284928/1 "2009-03-25T07:28:22Z")

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How do you do something like

[“button”+num].gotoAndStop(2)  
eval(“button”+num].gotoAndStop(2) doesn’t work either?

Also how do you do \_root.?

like \_root[“button”+num"].gotoAndStop(2)?

I’m migrating to AS3. 😕

Thanks in Advanced.