# Variable/Movieclip issue

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-movieclip-issue/219418
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-movieclip-issue/219418 "2007-03-16T12:11:34Z")
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### Author: ![leapin\_lep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@leapin\_lep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leapin_lep)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-movieclip-issue/219418/1 "2007-03-16T12:11:34Z")

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Hey dudes… just wondering if anyone can shed a bit of light on this for me…

basically i am tryin to move logos around on screen using actionscript…i have lots of them that i want to run through so i’m using variables… i have an array called logos[0] that the images are coming from and i have MovieClip 6 holders on the stage called holder1 - 6…i’ve adapted this bit of code i got off a forum to get this workin…

var boxcounter:Number = new Number(1);  
var currentlogo:String =new String (“holder”+boxcounter);

var startX = 646;  
var endX = 65;  
var speed = 10;  
currentlogo.\_x = startX;  
function moveMe(targ){  
targ.\_x+=(\_root.endX-targ.\_x)/\_root.speed  
}  
onEnterFrame = function(){  
setInterval(moveMe,30,\_root.currentlogo)  
}

i think i know what the problem is but i just don’t know how to fix it… the error is showing in this line  
currentlogo.\_x = startX;  
where it says

There is no property with the name ‘\_x’.  
currentlogo.\_x = startX;

what i think is happening is that currentlogo isn’t a movieClip its a variable so it doesn’t have the property x… am i right in thinking this?? i’ve traced currentlogo and i get holder1 which is the name of the movie clip i’m tryin to target… if i put holder1 into  
currentlogo.\_x = startX; like this…

holder1.\_x=startX;  
it works fine…

is there a different syntax i’ve to use or something? anyone know? any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks a mill

leapin