# Variable Substitution AS3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-substitution-as3/254474>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-substitution-as3/254474 "2008-03-12T14:22:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alber\_Kidd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-substitution-as3/254474/1 "2008-03-12T14:22:45Z")

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Is it possible to substitute variables in AS3. For example if I have a movieclip called container and I want to create an instance of it…

var myVar:String = “container”

var newContainer\_mc:myVar = new myVar();  
stage.addChild(newContainer\_mc);