# Finding movieclip coordinates

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-movieclip-coordinates/288678
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**Created:** [May 19, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-movieclip-coordinates/288678 "2009-05-19T19:04:35Z")
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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, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-movieclip-coordinates/288678/1 "2009-05-19T19:04:35Z")

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for some reason whenever i call or define a variable like this:  
Code:  
onClipEvent(enterFrame){trace(k); k = go.\_y;}  
the trace results in “undefined”. dose anyone know why and how to get around this issue? it dose this with any definition