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## [Attach a movieclip to another movieclip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attach-a-movieclip-to-another-movieclip/170265)

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**Author:** [@kid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attach-a-movieclip-to-another-movieclip/170265 "2005-11-24T06:35:18Z")

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does anyone know how to atach my duplicated movieclip into another movieclip? example, i have this cart and i'm going to buy an item. i can duplicate the item and put it in the cart. if i move the cart, the item is sti…

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## [\[Flash 8\]: Help with variables for score counting](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-help-with-variables-for-score-counting/170262)

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**Author:** [@tjonmage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tjonmage)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-help-with-variables-for-score-counting/170262 "2005-11-24T05:39:45Z")

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I am creating a simple game where you must remember the name of a number of people. On the stage is a table with faces. Text appears, asking who, for example, "Mike" is. You then have to click the correct face. The quest…

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## [Function parameters](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/function-parameters/170257)

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**Author:** [@newbie\_geek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newbie_geek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/function-parameters/170257 "2005-11-24T03:56:47Z")

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Hey all... I am building a flash site for a client and i have come across the following problem. I have the following script a keyframe of a swf that is loaded by a "nest" movie. media\_actions = function() { medi…

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## [Random rotation of symbol](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-rotation-of-symbol/170255)

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**Author:** [@jamuyz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jamuyz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-rotation-of-symbol/170255 "2005-11-24T03:20:47Z")

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im a new to actionscripting.. how to rotate a symbol(wheel like wheel in fortune..) in random order and stop in a random order also using actionscript.. help me pretty pleas.. tnx!!

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## [Trouble with dinamic loading text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-dinamic-loading-text/170254)

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**Author:** [@netrix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/netrix)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-dinamic-loading-text/170254 "2005-11-24T03:03:05Z")

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Hi guys i'm having trouble making some external text that i load dinamycally scroll the way its supposed to... here's what i got so far. The problem is that the text does not appear fully displayed... and because of t…

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## [Any 1?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-1/170253)

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**Author:** [@newbie\_FLASH](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newbie_FLASH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-1/170253 "2005-11-24T02:28:04Z")

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jst wondering... any1 got a tutorial for thumbnailing pics for galleries? I wanna learn doin that THANKSSS

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## [It's the button](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-the-button/170251)

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**Author:** [@kid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-the-button/170251 "2005-11-24T02:22:51Z")

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good day! is there anyone who can help me with my button? if i click it once, it doesn't perform the action. i have to click it over and over to perform the action. here's my code which i put inside my button. o…

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## [Text problem screenshots](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-problem-screenshots/170250)

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**Author:** [@boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-problem-screenshots/170250 "2005-11-24T01:23:47Z")

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hi, i made some screenshots of the problems i had with my text. i attached them below in step 1.png: you can see the text is embedded in a movie\_mc symbol in step 2.png: i double click the movie\_mc symbol in my libr…

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## [First site update](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-site-update/170247)

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**Author:** [@Ineedsleep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ineedsleep)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/first-site-update/170247 "2005-11-24T01:13:10Z")

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http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=199478 this is where the first version(s) were I took on board everything you gus said and did some scribbling and had some decent ideas to help make it look my own I think …

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## [Newbie footer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-footer/170246)

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**Author:** [@newbie\_FLASH](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newbie_FLASH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-footer/170246 "2005-11-24T01:10:32Z")

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jst tried out that tutorial today... hows this?

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## [What would u call this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-would-u-call-this/170245)

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**Author:** [@thesparky007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thesparky007)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-would-u-call-this/170245 "2005-11-24T01:09:33Z")

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just out of randomness i carved out this hoping to perfect it i kept on editing it now dont ask me what the heck that is cuz i cant answer u anyways i am out of words so here i am showing u this \[image\]

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## [Smoke effect](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smoke-effect/170244)

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**Author:** [@Ineedsleep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ineedsleep)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smoke-effect/170244 "2005-11-24T01:05:53Z")

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how do you make a smoke effect? any tutorials or any tips but I have tried and failed! many thanks steve

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## [Text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text/170242)

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**Author:** [@boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/boy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text/170242 "2005-11-24T00:40:13Z")

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What kind of texting is used when: The text is located in a movie\_mc symbol when you open the movie\_mc symbol, all the letters are graphic symbols with 0 between each letter, and the symbols are located in Font folder…

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## [Need checkers game](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-checkers-game/170240)

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**Author:** [@evaganda](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evaganda)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-checkers-game/170240 "2005-11-23T23:57:09Z")

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Hi this is Eva. I'm new here at kirupa. I'm a computer science student and currently I have a flash elective. our professor requires us to make a checkers game from flash. But currently my knowledge of flash is way of…

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## [Getting URL from xml into for loop](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-url-from-xml-into-for-loop/170237)

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**Author:** [@Samurai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Samurai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-url-from-xml-into-for-loop/170237 "2005-11-23T22:52:03Z")

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Hey people, I'm having a small problem. I have an xml file with various attributes in them, and a flash file. The flash file is basically a list of buttons that is derived from a single movieclip that gets duplica…

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## [Actionscript navigation](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-navigation/170234)

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**Author:** [@revelations1318](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/revelations1318)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-navigation/170234 "2005-11-23T22:37:37Z")

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this.onRelease = function(){ \_root.gotoAndStop(11); } Here’s the problem. The above script is within a complex button movieclip (A) which is within a menu movieclip (B) which is within a page of a website (C). How c…

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## [Passing variables from html](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-from-html/170231)

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**Author:** [@flash\_noob1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flash_noob1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-variables-from-html/170231 "2005-11-23T22:10:41Z")

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How does one go about getting a variable from html into your flash movie via action script? If you could lead me in the right direction that would be awesome. Thanks! -T

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## [Dynamic html text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-html-text/170229)

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**Author:** [@Nikini](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nikini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-html-text/170229 "2005-11-23T22:04:51Z")

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How do i make a dynamic text bold out of actionscript. I tried dyntxt.html=true; dyntxt.htmlText="\<b\>BOLD TEXT\</b\> HERE"; dyntxt is the name of the dynamic text object. It works. But, I needed to do some things w…

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## [Prob: Sound](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-sound/170228)

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**Author:** [@Breen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Breen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/prob-sound/170228 "2005-11-23T21:43:44Z")

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I've run into a little problem again, i'm making a sound player for my website, and i wan't it to use streaming files. Now, where i run into problems is when the user click's the "next" button while the previous song i…

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## [Can an externally loaded swf control](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-an-externally-loaded-swf-control/170221)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-an-externally-loaded-swf-control/170221 "2005-11-23T20:22:05Z")

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I have a MC that is loading a swf. loadMovie("thework.swf","thework\_mc" ); Can the loaded move "thework.swf" control the MC that is loading it? do I use \_root?

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## [Time is running out](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-is-running-out/170220)

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**Author:** [@blindlizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blindlizard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/time-is-running-out/170220 "2005-11-23T20:20:06Z")

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It is 2 days until Black Friday (for you non US folks, that is the day after Thanksgiving which is the largest shopping day of the year). There is not even a release date for Nintendo or Playstation. Xbox 360s are flyi…

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## [Is It Possible? AS via XML](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-as-via-xml/170218)

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**Author:** [@rynobot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rynobot)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-as-via-xml/170218 "2005-11-23T20:17:04Z")

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Curious - is it possible to control actionscript via xml. for example, in the Kirupa XML Photo Gallery with Thumbnails - would it be possible to add something in the xml to basically say "when 'thumbnail 4' is pressed d…

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## [Download pdfs from site](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-pdfs-from-site/170216)

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**Author:** [@Gallo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gallo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-pdfs-from-site/170216 "2005-11-23T20:02:54Z")

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hey yo peeps... i wonder if you can help me out with this... well i have a site with flash section, in this flash section i have a mc with button that should d/l a pdf file to the user machine if clicked... the code im u…

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## [Question ! Could anyone help me with it](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-could-anyone-help-me-with-it/170211)

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**Author:** [@superman55](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superman55)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-could-anyone-help-me-with-it/170211 "2005-11-23T19:17:51Z")

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Hello, well i have 3 mcs (mc1,mc2,mc3), each loads .jpg files in it randomly. The question is how to make each of them not repeat previously loaded one. Example of code that im using filename = \["image"+random(7)+…

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## [Looping problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-problem/170210)

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**Author:** [@Macro\_design](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Macro_design)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-problem/170210 "2005-11-23T19:16:06Z")

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Hi, I'm currently working on a project were I would like to enlargen some of my menus ( there are wround 30 menus ), and this should be done when the user clicks a on one of the three buttons in the "main-menu". Now,…

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## [Missing plantform tutorial](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/missing-plantform-tutorial/170208)

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**Author:** [@bsw2112](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bsw2112)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/missing-plantform-tutorial/170208 "2005-11-23T18:41:17Z")

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A few weeks ago there was a new game tutorial on the main page. It was about creating platform games, but now I can't find it. I looked on the tutorials page but to no avail...Does anyone know if that tut was removed for…

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## [What snack do you have at the pc?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-snack-do-you-have-at-the-pc/170204)

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**Author:** [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-snack-do-you-have-at-the-pc/170204 "2005-11-23T18:03:17Z")

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Well usally when im at the pc i have to have a drink and food on my desk. I usally have some coke, Haribo sweets. What do you munch on while at the computer.

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## [Browser back button with iframes](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-back-button-with-iframes/170200)

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**Author:** [@dru\_nasty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dru_nasty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-back-button-with-iframes/170200 "2005-11-23T17:16:34Z")

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I've got a main page (index) with nav that loads content into an iframe. And of course when i hit the browser back button it just takes me back to the index page and doesn't load the previous iframe content. Anyway to …

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## [I Wouldn't Normally Do This](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-wouldnt-normally-do-this/170197)

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**Author:** [@trundrumbalind](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trundrumbalind)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-wouldnt-normally-do-this/170197 "2005-11-23T16:53:19Z")

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But I'm really desperate and I'm hoping the fact I've been a member for a long time will help me get away from doing this but... Can anyone check out my CSS problem? I posted it at http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthre…

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## [Cgi form text append](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cgi-form-text-append/170195)

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**Author:** [@matthewstokeley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewstokeley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cgi-form-text-append/170195 "2005-11-23T16:50:42Z")

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boyakasha! i've searched high and low for a cgi script that will point text from a form and append it to the begining of a text file. what i am trying to do is let a user update the news of a page that is embedded as…

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