# Useing a var with drawing API

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/useing-a-var-with-drawing-api/176026>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 19, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/useing-a-var-with-drawing-api/176026 "2006-01-19T18:27:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![endy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@endy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/endy)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/useing-a-var-with-drawing-api/176026/1 "2006-01-19T18:27:21Z")

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Hi I have been trying to do some dynamic drawing with flash but can’t seem to address a movie clip if I stick a variable in it’s name. for instance:

```auto

build = function(i){
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("holder"+i, i);
holder+i.lineStyle(1,0,100);
holder+i.lineTo(300,i*10);
}

for(i=1;i<10;i++){
	build(i);
}

```

The only problem is geting it to understand “holder+i”. Anyone know what a girl’s to do?