# Referencing movie clips in for loop

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-movie-clips-in-for-loop/211075>\
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**Created:** [December 26, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-movie-clips-in-for-loop/211075 "2006-12-26T23:14:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Binji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@Binji](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Binji)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-movie-clips-in-for-loop/211075/1 "2006-12-26T23:14:24Z")

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Probably a very simple question: How can i reference movie clips in a for loop?  
Lets say i have 10 MCs named movClip0,…,movClip9. How do i call them?  
First i tried something like this:

```auto

var i:Number;
for(i=0;i<10;i++){
    var mc = "this.movClip"+i;
    mc.removeMovieClip();
}

```

But that of course doesnt work. So how do i reference MCs if i know their base name and their increment?