# What movie clip am I in?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-movie-clip-am-i-in/27554>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 4, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-movie-clip-am-i-in/27554 "2003-08-04T01:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![waffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@waffe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waffe)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-movie-clip-am-i-in/27554/1 "2003-08-04T01:46:24Z")

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Is there a command that will print out the name of the movie clip I am in? Say I set up a button inside a movie clip called “01”. I would like it when I select the button if it would print out the name of the movie clip, “01”. I have been looking around a bit but don’t see much on this topic.

Any Ideas?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-movie-clip-am-i-in/27554/2 "2003-08-04T01:55:09Z")

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1. movieclip names can be obtained using the \_name property  
this.\_name;

2. you shouldnt start movieclip names with numbers. Always start with a letter or \_ or $

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**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-movie-clip-am-i-in/27554/3 "2003-08-04T04:21:36Z")

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:beam:

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**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-movie-clip-am-i-in/27554/4 "2003-08-04T05:48:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by senocular \*  
> \*\*1) movieclip names can be obtained using the \_name property  
> this.\_name;

1. you shouldnt start movieclip names with numbers. Always start with a letter or \_ or $ \*\*

i know that you cant start names w/ a number, but is their a specific reason why? also why is it that you can use $, are there any other chars. you can use to start off MC names?