# How can I put movieclips into an array using AS3

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 16, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-put-movieclips-into-an-array-using-as3/266082 "2008-07-16T03:27:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpc2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@mpc2001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpc2001)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-put-movieclips-into-an-array-using-as3/266082/1 "2008-07-16T03:27:38Z")

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I want to put each movie clip created with this for loop into an array so that I can load images into each movie clip in a later script.

var total1:int=2;  
var spacing:Number = 100;  
var box\_mc:MovieClip;  
for(var but:int = 0; but \< total1; but++)  
{  
box\_mc= new Box();  
box\_mc.instanceName = “box”+but;

box\_mc.x = spacing + but\*(box\_mc.width+spacing);  
box\_mc.y = 125;  
addChild(box\_mc);

}

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-put-movieclips-into-an-array-using-as3/266082/2 "2008-07-16T03:30:49Z")

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```auto
var total1:int=2;
var spacing:Number = 100;
var box_mc:MovieClip;
var boxArray:Array = [];
for(var but:int = 0; but < total1; but++)
{
box_mc = new Box();
boxArray[but] = box_mc;
box_mc.instanceName = "box"+but;

box_mc.x = spacing + but*(box_mc.width+spacing);
box_mc.y = 125;
addChild(box_mc);

}

```