# How do I use a variable to name a movie clip?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-variable-to-name-a-movie-clip/104838
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**Created:** [March 19, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-variable-to-name-a-movie-clip/104838 "2004-03-19T23:56:46Z")
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#### Post date: [March 19, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-variable-to-name-a-movie-clip/104838/1 "2004-03-19T23:56:46Z")

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I am trying to duplicate a move clip and then set some of it’s properties with actionscript. What’s the notation to do this?

Here is my guess:

```auto

duplicateMovieClip(_root.event, ("event"+i), i);
[event+i]._y = ([event-i]._y)+([event+i].height);
[_root.event+i].eDate = ("4/2"+i);
trace([_root.event+i].eDate);

```

Thanks in advance,  
RMB