# Please define these actionscript commands: .\_root, temp., this

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-define-these-actionscript-commands--root-temp-this/171434>\
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**Created:** [December 5, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-define-these-actionscript-commands--root-temp-this/171434 "2005-12-05T14:04:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-define-these-actionscript-commands--root-temp-this/171434/1 "2005-12-05T14:04:59Z")

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I see these 3 words being commonly used in actionscript and yet I do not have full understanding of what each of them does.

does “\_root” mean either going up to the next level of animation (i.e. movieclip -\> symbol -\> main timeline) or directly to the main timeline?

“temp” has got me confused the most, I believe its a variable to store data from another recent variable. One of my question is how does the actionscript know which data to store it from.

“this” I know meant something to do with the current object or function, but I believe I need more clarification.

Thanks.