# Getting \_width of a movie clip - in the library

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting--width-of-a-movie-clip-in-the-library/236027>\
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**Created:** [August 16, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting--width-of-a-movie-clip-in-the-library/236027 "2007-08-16T16:21:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![praxiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@praxiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/praxiz)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting--width-of-a-movie-clip-in-the-library/236027/1 "2007-08-16T16:21:49Z")

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The question is so simple i could fit it in the Title.

I know I can get the \_width and \_height from a movie clip by typing

[INDENT]mc\_name.\_width

[/INDENT]But only with existing movie clips. What if I want to get the width of a movie clip I have stored in my library?