# Sprite(parent).value

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-parent-value/321078>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 10, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-parent-value/321078 "2011-04-10T01:34:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-parent-value/321078/1 "2011-04-10T01:34:51Z")

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if i needed to do this, is there some equivalent besides dispatching an event?

I would want to access a variable in the sprite