# Finding objects within area

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-objects-within-area/206923>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 13, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-objects-within-area/206923 "2006-11-13T07:35:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaron\_wallis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@aaron\_wallis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aaron_wallis)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-objects-within-area/206923/1 "2006-11-13T07:35:28Z")

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Hey guys,

I need a method of finding all the objects over the top of another object…

I realise I could use hitTest to check if something is intersecting, but I can’t use it to find the names of the said objects.  
I also realise I could just cycle through all the objects on the stage and calculate it that way, but considering there’s over 300 objects that could ‘possibly’ be covering this particular object, thats a lot to calculate, and i’d like it to be snappy…

Any ideas? Is there something already avaliable that i’ve been missing?

Cheers in advance for your help… 😛