# How do you concatenate variables onto movieclip names
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724
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**Created:** [June 29, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724 "2008-06-29T15:41:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@geestring](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geestring)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/1 "2008-06-29T15:41:48Z")
var c = mainSubThumbs.SubThumbsHolder[materialType].subthumb\_mc[id]
what i have obviously doesnt work. materialType and id are my variables that I want to be added onto these mc instances…
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### Author:  [@ajcates](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ajcates)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/2 "2008-06-29T16:51:47Z")
I would place these movieclips in an array so you can access them like this:
```auto
var myArray = new Array(new Movieclip(), new Movieclip());
trace(myArray[1].x);
```
Also this way allows for you to easily loop thur the arrays.
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### Author:  [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/3 "2008-06-29T17:36:53Z")
var c = mainSubThumbs.subThumbsHolder[materialType][“subthumb\_mc”][id]
should work fine.
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### Author:  [@geestring](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geestring)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/4 "2008-06-29T20:30:07Z")
[QUOTE=sekasi;2350992]var c = mainSubThumbs.subThumbsHolder[materialType][“subthumb\_mc”][id]
should work fine.[/QUOTE]
I tried your way. and this way:
\_global.c = mainSubThumbs.[“SubThumbsHolder”][materialType].[“subthumb\_mc”][id];
Im still getting undefined.
what I want is it to be for example mainSubThumbs.SubThumbsHolder0.subthumb\_mc5;
Which is the location of of the thumbnail that was clicked.
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### Author:  [@scallywag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scallywag)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/5 "2008-06-29T21:08:22Z")
try
ActionScript Code:
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000] **var** [/COLOR] c = mainSubThumbs[COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000]“SubThumbsHolder”[/COLOR]+materialtype[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000]“subthumb\_mc”[/COLOR]+id[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR];
[/LEFT]
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### Author:  [@geestring](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geestring)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/6 "2008-06-29T21:22:21Z")
no this doesnt work either.
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### Author:  [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/7 "2008-06-30T08:14:10Z")
>
createEmptyMovieClip([“subthumb\_mc”+id],1)
cheatvariable = [“subthumb\_mc”+id]
mainSubThumbs.createEmptyMovieClip(“SubThumbsHolder”+materialType].cheatvariable,1
daft statement but you have to create a so called MC, you can’t declare movie clips like a variable…
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### Author:  [@geestring](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geestring)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/8 "2008-06-30T17:41:46Z")
ok thanks.
but im trying assign the location of the mc’s to a variable. the movieclips already exist, so wouldnt creating the mc’s again overwite the existing ones?
Maybe there is a different method of doing this?
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### Author:  [@scallywag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scallywag)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/9 "2008-06-30T21:12:29Z")
[quote=geestring;2351427]ok thanks.
but im trying assign the location of the mc’s to a variable. the movieclips already exist, so wouldnt creating the mc’s again overwite the existing ones?
Maybe there is a different method of doing this?[/quote]
The script i gave you does work, i have enclosed example.
Maybe you are trying to reference clips before they exist??
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### Author:  [@geestring](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geestring)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-concatenate-variables-onto-movieclip-names/264724/10 "2008-07-02T12:28:46Z")
sorry it does indeed work. Another overlooked error somewhere else.
Thanks