# Finding movieclip coordinates

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-movieclip-coordinates/288676>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 19, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-movieclip-coordinates/288676 "2009-05-19T18:54:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![goldarrow98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@goldarrow98](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/goldarrow98)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-movieclip-coordinates/288676/1 "2009-05-19T18:54:38Z")

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for some reason whenever i call or define a variable like this:

```auto
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
trace(k);
 k = go._y;
}

```

the trace results in “undefined”. dose anyone know why and how to get around this issue?