# Get/set property deprecated?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-set-property-deprecated/8214
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 15, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-set-property-deprecated/8214 "2002-11-15T22:41:43Z")
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### Author: ![jeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jeremy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeremy)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-set-property-deprecated/8214/1 "2002-11-15T22:41:43Z")

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so would there ever be any need to use  
\_root.instance = getProperty (\_target, property);

instead of just using  
\_root.instance = \_property;

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/get-set-property-deprecated/8214/2 "2002-11-15T22:44:00Z")

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clipWidth = \_root.myClip.\_width

It is much easier like that 🙂