# Adding/Controlling Delay in a Loop

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-controlling-delay-in-a-loop/277680>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 15, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-controlling-delay-in-a-loop/277680 "2008-12-15T21:30:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pherank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-controlling-delay-in-a-loop/277680/1 "2008-12-15T21:30:36Z")

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Is there any way to add a delay within a FOR loop such as:

```auto

for (var i:int=0; i < 10; i++) {
    var termSprite:MovieClip = new MovieClip;
    addChild(termSprite);
}

```

So that after the addChild statement there is pause added in before continuing on to the next iteration?