# "Measuring" the height of a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/measuring-the-height-of-a-movieclip/73599>\
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**Created:** [December 18, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/measuring-the-height-of-a-movieclip/73599 "2004-12-18T02:35:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/measuring-the-height-of-a-movieclip/73599/1 "2004-12-18T02:35:15Z")

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I was wondering if anyone knew a good way in AS to get the height of a movieclip with a dynamic height; meaning that depending on what some external source is, the height is different.

MC   
| lots of | ^  
| dynamic | ? How can I use AS to find the height in pixels?  
| content | v