# \[Flash 8\] Manipulating objects in an array?

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**Created:** [August 8, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-manipulating-objects-in-an-array/196438 "2006-08-08T12:55:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sirius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sirius](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sirius)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-manipulating-objects-in-an-array/196438/1 "2006-08-08T12:55:33Z")

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Hi.

This should hopefully just be a quickie.

I’m slowly starting to learn Flash and Actionscript and right now I’m a bit more stuck than usual.

I have an array, “container”, to which new movieclips are added by clicking a button. When they are added they are given a name, “pic” + i, and are added at the corresponding index “i”.

Now, what if I want to change the position of a certain movieclip in the array or alter its alpha value?  
I tried something like:

[FONT=Courier New]container\*.\_x = x;[/FONT]

but since nothing happens that’s obviously not the way to do it.

Any and all help is welcome.