# Instance names as3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-names-as3/329177>\
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**Created:** [July 28, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-names-as3/329177 "2012-07-28T17:15:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlindSide78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@BlindSide78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BlindSide78)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-names-as3/329177/1 "2012-07-28T17:15:45Z")

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Hi guys 🙂

Ive watched a few as3 tutorials but they didnt talk about giving movieclips instance names when not on the timeline or frame.  
like:say if had an as3 class called “player”  
then how do i access it through other classes, like if i had a turret class  
i have a main class to.

how do i access a the player class as an instance name or give the movieclip assigned  
to the class an instance name once displayed on stage.