# getDefinitionByName as Array

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getdefinitionbyname-as-array/321382>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 18, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getdefinitionbyname-as-array/321382 "2011-04-18T18:06:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Freeseus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Freeseus)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getdefinitionbyname-as-array/321382/1 "2011-04-18T18:06:38Z")

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Any ideas as to why this doesn’t work? I get the following error: Variable myArray is not defined.

var myArray:Array = [“stuff”, “things”, “words”, “nonsense”];

var theArrayYouWant:Array = getDefinitionByName(“myArray”) as Array;

trace(theArrayYouWant);

(this is a very simplified version of my issue);