# Questions on Varibles
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-on-varibles/862
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 1, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-on-varibles/862 "2002-08-01T01:55:43Z")
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### Author:  [@way0end](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/way0end)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-on-varibles/862/1 "2002-08-01T01:55:43Z")
a varible is declared and initialized on main stage…
how do you access this varible through a symbol? i.e while you are editing the symbol…
a varible is declared and initialized on a symbol…
how do you access this varible on main stage? i.e. while you are in main…
this is confusing little, but, can someone please clear it to me?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-on-varibles/862/2 "2002-08-01T03:48:00Z")
That’s what I am trying to figure out to.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/questions-on-varibles/862/3 "2002-08-01T06:31:39Z")
to access a variable in the main timeline, you have to put the keyword \_root in front of it. I tried to explain how it works in the as tricks section.
And to access a variable inside an object from that timeline, you have to give an instance name to the object (look for a tute here) and then write the path to the variable:
```auto
_root.yourClip.myVar=5;
```
pom :asian: