# What are getters and setters?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-getters-and-setters/240056>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 28, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-getters-and-setters/240056 "2007-09-28T16:54:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpspoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@tpspoons](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpspoons)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-getters-and-setters/240056/1 "2007-09-28T16:54:33Z")

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Probably not the right place to ask, but what exacly are setters and getters? I didn’t quite understand the explanation in the language reference.