# Variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473 "2006-04-13T15:53:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![handless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@handless](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/handless)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473/1 "2006-04-13T15:53:03Z")

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im having trouble with referencing variables. how can i go about putting a variable in the root on frame one and referencing it from other movie clips. ive tried everything i can think of. i know this is probably something simple and im gonna kick myself for not being able to get it to work.

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**Author:** ![Mirandir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mirandir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mirandir)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473/2 "2006-04-13T15:59:38Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/root\_parent\_this.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/root_parent_this.htm)

Just note that you need to make sure that the data is put into the variable before you get it from somewhere else.

/Mirandir

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**Author:** ![SmoothDime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@SmoothDime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SmoothDime)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473/3 "2006-04-13T20:42:48Z")

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do this:

ActionScript Code:  
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT]\</p\>  
\<p\>\_root.[COLOR=#000080]var1[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#ff0000]“test”[/COLOR];\</p\>  
\<p\>  
[/LEFT]  
[/FONT]

then you can access it anywhere using:

ActionScript Code:  
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT]\</p\>  
\<p\>\_root.[COLOR=#000080]var1[/COLOR]\</p\>  
\<p\>  
[/LEFT]  
[/FONT]

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**Author:** ![SmoothDime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@SmoothDime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SmoothDime)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473/4 "2006-04-13T20:43:24Z")

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the bbcodes are \*\*\*\*ed up on this site.

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**Author:** ![Joppe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@Joppe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Joppe)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473/5 "2006-04-13T23:49:11Z")

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I love them 🙂

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**Author:** ![handless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@handless](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/handless)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/185473/6 "2006-04-17T01:59:56Z")

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awesome thanks guys