# Getting correct x & y coordinates

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-correct-x-y-coordinates/80423>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 22, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-correct-x-y-coordinates/80423 "2005-02-22T02:50:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChaosKindred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@ChaosKindred](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChaosKindred)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-correct-x-y-coordinates/80423/1 "2005-02-22T02:50:48Z")

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When I make a MC and I put another MC inside of it, whenever I write code in the frame of the main stage to use the child MC’s x and y coordinates, I get the child MC’s coordinates in respect to the \_parent MC. If what I wrote didnt make any sense, what I mean is that if I make a tank MC named tankBody and a turret MC named tankTurret, and I stick them both in a MC called tank, if I write code that moves the tank MC’s y the tankTurret and tankBody’s y will stay the same. How can I make it so that I can read tankTurret’s y & x coordinates in repect to the main stage?