# Adding 1 - simple as that

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-1-simple-as-that/144829>\
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**Created:** [April 17, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-1-simple-as-that/144829 "2005-04-17T19:42:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Photogenius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Photogenius](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Photogenius)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-1-simple-as-that/144829/1 "2005-04-17T19:42:24Z")

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Hi!  
Im stupid! right, for some reason, im trying to make a click counter. but, it doesn’t work. suprise suprise. IVe got a button, and some dynamic text with the instance name “countclk”. Heres my button code:

on (release) {  
loader = countclk.text  
doh = loader+1  
countclk.text= doh

}

Why doesn’t it work!?!