# Variable Scope

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-scope/262538>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 6, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-scope/262538 "2008-06-06T19:58:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![benny\_hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@benny\_hill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benny_hill)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-scope/262538/1 "2008-06-06T19:58:12Z")

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I have a map of the world. Each country is a movieclip with a class of “Country” linked to it. Now in the timeline I have a variable for a color. How can I access that variable which is on the timeline from the Country class?