# Variable = 2 MovieClips?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 2, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086 "2004-09-02T21:22:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![sixfortyfive](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sixfortyfive/32/671_2.png) [@sixfortyfive](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sixfortyfive)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086/1 "2004-09-02T21:22:40Z")

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Can I make a variable equal two movieclips? Like:  
nav1 = \_root.nav.nav1 & \_root.map.map1;

And then run a function that would control both? Like:

function closeout() {  
nav1.gotoAndStop(3);  
}

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086/2 "2004-09-02T21:27:22Z")

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no

and i cant think of any workarounds either other than doing it the long way like every one else 😉

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086/3 "2004-09-02T21:28:05Z")

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What about an array?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086/4 "2004-09-02T21:40:20Z")

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fair enough yer…

was gonna say sumit REALLY stupid but i wont 😊

```auto
myArr = new Array(_root.nav.nav1, _root.map.map1)
for(i=0;i<myArr.length;i++)
    myArr*.gotoAndPlay(3)
}

```

good catch lunatic

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086/5 "2004-09-02T21:42:38Z")

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awesome. 'cuz I wasn’t gonna say that I had no clue HOW to do it - just knew it was possible :beam:

what was you gonna say prophet? c’mon tellmetellmetellmetellme!

[SIZE=-4]besides i’ve always wanted to try out that ignore list thing[/SIZE] 😛

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086/6 "2004-09-02T21:48:41Z")

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Thanks Prophet! But I ended up accomplishing my task another way. I wrote a function to close out the other sections of the site when you click on a button.

```auto
function closeout(currentClip) {
	if (curentClip != 1){
	_root.nav.nav1.gotoAndStop(1);
	_root.map.map1.gotoAndStop(1);}

	if (curentClip != 2){
	_root.nav.nav2.gotoAndStop(1);
	_root.map.map2.gotoAndStop(1);}
	
	if (curentClip != 3){
	_root.nav.nav3.gotoAndStop(1);
	_root.map.map3.gotoAndStop(1);}	
	
	if (curentClip != 4){
	_root.nav.nav4.gotoAndStop(1);
	_root.map.map4.gotoAndStop(1);}
	
	if (curentClip != 5){
	_root.nav.nav5.gotoAndStop(1);
	_root.map.map5.gotoAndStop(1);}
	
	if (curentClip != 6){
	_root.nav.nav6.gotoAndStop(1);
	_root.map.map6.gotoAndStop(1);}
	
	if (curentClip != 7){
	_root.nav.nav7.gotoAndStop(1);
	_root.map.map7.gotoAndStop(1);}	
}

```

And called the function (from nav1 for example) like this:

```auto
on (release){
		_root.closeout(1);
}

```

My actionscript skillls are improving! Thanks to this forum.

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**Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-2-movieclips/63086/7 "2004-09-05T00:32:59Z")

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sorry lunatic, couldnt help meself! 😛

Prophet.