# "Split a String (movieClip Path)!"

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/split-a-string-movieclip-path/203506
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 11, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/split-a-string-movieclip-path/203506 "2006-10-11T17:04:39Z")
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### Author: ![LozT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@LozT](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LozT)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/split-a-string-movieclip-path/203506/1 "2006-10-11T17:04:39Z")

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Hi all you flashers.  
I have a problem here that I’m trying to solve but with no sucess.  
I made a dynamic xml picture thumbs and now I want it to show a bigger picture when pressing the right thumb.  
So when I press the picture thumb goes like this:

```auto

 
var conversio:String= this; // I only made like this because the thumbs are duplicated MovieClips Ex: duplicateMovieClip(this,"container_mc"+i,i)
trace(conversio); //gives me "_level0.instance1.scrollMovie.container_mc0" where "0" is thenumber of the clip
//Now when I do this, it doesn't work
var split:Array = conversio.split("_");

 for (var i = 0; i<split.length; i++) {
     trace(split*);
     //clip = split*; my objective is to know the movieClip NUmber "container_mc0"
 }
 

```

I someone knows another way to show a big picture by pressing the thumb, hey I’m open to new ideas

Thanks