# Expected a field name after '.' operator

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expected-a-field-name-after-operator/306364>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 14, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expected-a-field-name-after-operator/306364 "2010-03-14T01:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeembry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@zeembry](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zeembry)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expected-a-field-name-after-operator/306364/1 "2010-03-14T01:52:58Z")

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Dear All,

I have 5 buttons in one movieclip “star\_mc”

- star\_mc.sub1
- star\_mc.sub2
- star\_mc.sub3
- star\_mc.sub4
- star\_mc.sub5

I give it this script below on frame 1 (Scene 1)

for(i=1;i\<=5;i++)  
{  
strButton = “sub”+String(i);

```
star_mc.this[strButton]._xscale = 200; // ERROR !!! 

```

}

How can i fix this error “Expected a field name after ‘.’ operator” ?

Thanks You,  
Zee