# setProperty

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setproperty/277073>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 7, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setproperty/277073 "2008-12-07T13:31:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setproperty/277073/1 "2008-12-07T13:31:21Z")

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Hey everyone, flash newbie here. Just want to ask a simple question about setProperty.

Why do we use it anyway? For example, wouldn’t “ **target.\_xscale = 100** ” be alot easier then\*\* setProperty(“target”, \_xscale, 100)\*\*?

Thanks in advance.