# Using createEmptyMovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-createemptymovieclip/215834>\
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**Created:** [February 11, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-createemptymovieclip/215834 "2007-02-11T01:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![qpixo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@qpixo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/qpixo)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-createemptymovieclip/215834/1 "2007-02-11T01:43:00Z")

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What’s the difference of using between \_root[“mc”] and declaring a variable to createEmptyMovieClip?

here’s of what I mean:

\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“toto\_mc”,1);  
\_root[“toto\_mc”].\_x = 0;  
\_root[“toto\_mc”].\_y = 0;  
\_root[“toto\_mc”].loadMovie(“ruban.swf”,1);

var toto = \_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“toto\_mc”,1);  
toto.\_x = 0;  
toto.\_y = 0;  
toto.loadMovie(“ruban.swf”, 1);

Both seem to do the same. Does anyone have any ideas? I’m just curious to know…