# FMX using eval
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-using-eval/14344
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 25, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-using-eval/14344 "2003-02-25T09:07:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@charlie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/charlie)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-using-eval/14344/1 "2003-02-25T09:07:34Z")
I was reading another query on this board about NOT using eval, as it had become deprecated, for attaching a name to a new
MC. I have been using eval to check through all the objects, and to add ones with a certain name to an array.
for (i in this) {
if ((typeof (eval(i))) == “movieclip” && substring(i, 1, 5)== “names”) {
would there be another method of doing this using dot notation?
sorry if this question seems a little muddled. I am new to flash, some things in it make a lot of sense and others are still confusing me.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-using-eval/14344/2 "2003-02-25T10:16:50Z")
Howdy…
eval(i) —\> this\*
😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-using-eval/14344/3 "2003-02-25T10:24:03Z")
Well that was simple.
Thanks very much - some days I really think I’m not making any progress in flash, just slipping backwards very gently.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-using-eval/14344/4 "2003-02-25T10:32:46Z")
Hehe… Stay in the forum and read as much as you can to stay up to date… That’s what I do now… =)