# Object to string

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-to-string/302346>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 28, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-to-string/302346 "2009-12-28T08:51:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![22celin\_b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/2acd7d/32.png) [@22celin\_b](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/22celin_b)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/object-to-string/302346/1 "2009-12-28T08:51:33Z")

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Hi,

Is there an easy way to convert an object to a string?

I am using a listener to record on focus the object selected and it comes back with something similar to this -

\_level10.my\_mc

Any ideas on how I could then make it a string variable?

Thanks in advance