# Radio button riddle

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/radio-button-riddle/305852>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 4, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/radio-button-riddle/305852 "2010-03-04T14:25:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![m2244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@m2244](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/m2244)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/radio-button-riddle/305852/1 "2010-03-04T14:25:51Z")

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I am creating a multiple choice test swf. I am currently using radio buttons to let the user choose an answer. The riddle is how do I check to see which button is checked without using its label? I do not want to label the buttons because the correct answer will always be asociated with the same button. can I use the instance name to check which button was chosen? Any thoughts or suggestions?