# Dynamically reference move clips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-reference-move-clips/268684>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 17, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-reference-move-clips/268684 "2008-08-17T06:39:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![saxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@saxx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saxx)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-reference-move-clips/268684/1 "2008-08-17T06:39:56Z")

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Say i have a system that names my moveclips, mc\_1 mc\_2 mc\_3.

How can i dynamically reference them\detect if they are there or not

Help is much appreciated 🙂