# Find what MC an instance is "of"? ActionScript 2.0

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-what-mc-an-instance-is-of-actionscript-2-0/213898>\
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**Created:** [January 24, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-what-mc-an-instance-is-of-actionscript-2-0/213898 "2007-01-24T03:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aesir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@Aesir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aesir)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-what-mc-an-instance-is-of-actionscript-2-0/213898/1 "2007-01-24T03:43:59Z")

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I would like to know the function or \*\*variable in an MC _instance which stores the library MC which the instance is an “instance of”._ \</mouthful\>[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial](I know in most cases one would want to create an instance from a MovieClip, but in this case I specifically want to do just the opposite: put code into an instance, command-line style, to have it trace() it’s MC’s ID.)[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Thanks[/FONT][/COLOR]

- Aesir