# Components in a list for use with all components
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721 "2022-02-03T13:21:13Z")
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### Author:  [@captainzee9999jf](https://community.thunkable.com/u/captainzee9999jf)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721/1 "2022-02-03T13:21:13Z")
Hi all
I have come over from AI2 to this hopefully better system but have an issue with the using ‘any component’
I have made a list of button components then using the ‘for each item’ loop i want to change the text of each button in the list from some json data
the way i have shown doesent seem to work and the text for house4 button does not show as 3, it shows as some long alphanumeric number.
if i change my ‘house’ list to just numbers and create the component list inside the ‘set button in list’ section. it all works fine and house4 text becomes 3
to me it appears that you cannot put componants into a list which I could do in AI2
any help would be appreciated or if this is a bug
thanks
Zee
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### Author:  [@sketch](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sketch)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721/2 "2022-02-03T14:16:30Z")
You can but a adding a ‘house1’ Will return it’s ID wich is a number and not it’s name.
You should Just Place numbers in the list.
-luke
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721/3 "2022-02-03T15:40:23Z")
The “j” will give you the entry in the list so you should say
set button j’s text to …
The other issue is the `get property` with the join text, you are actually saying **house1house** , **house2house** , **house3house**. Is this the key name in the JSON?
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### Author:  [@captainzee9999jf](https://community.thunkable.com/u/captainzee9999jf)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721/4 "2022-02-03T20:44:57Z")
thanks guys.
j does return the contents of each item in the list, not the ID so either solution will work but have gone to - change button ‘j’ text and added a k=k+1 for the json ID
thanks for the quick replies
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### Author:  [@sketch](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sketch)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721/5 "2022-02-04T07:23:12Z")
Glad you solved your issue
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/components-in-a-list-for-use-with-all-components/1713721/6 "2022-05-05T07:23:48Z")
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