# Removing movieclips using a loop and unloadMovie()

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-movieclips-using-a-loop-and-unloadmovie/221453>\
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**Created:** [April 4, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-movieclips-using-a-loop-and-unloadmovie/221453 "2007-04-04T14:24:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-movieclips-using-a-loop-and-unloadmovie/221453/1 "2007-04-04T14:24:16Z")

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I would like to be able to pass in a string like “plot12” as the plotNumber so I can remove the movieclip of the same name from the moive. How do I create a variable so I can address the movieclip using the varaible passed in to the function???

function getSold(plotNumber)  
{

```
currentID = parseInt(plotNumber);

 unloadMovie ("_root.plot17");//THIS WORKS
 _root.currentID.unloadMovie();//THIS DOES NOT

```

}