# Referring to a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referring-to-a-movieclip/178080>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referring-to-a-movieclip/178080 "2006-02-07T16:13:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![tanel96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tanel96](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tanel96)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referring-to-a-movieclip/178080/1 "2006-02-07T16:13:43Z")

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```auto

var l = 2;
duplicateMovieClip(button, "button"+l, this.getNextHighestDepth());
"button"+l._x = 300;

```

The last line of code is faulty… how to fix it ?