# Adding one to name on button press

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-one-to-name-on-button-press/295208
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 26, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-one-to-name-on-button-press/295208 "2009-08-26T17:11:20Z")
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### Author: ![jeeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@jeeep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeeep)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-one-to-name-on-button-press/295208/1 "2009-08-26T17:11:20Z")

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Hello,  
I have a button on stage and when it is pressed I would like to add a movieclip in increments of one. For example if I press the button once I get “mc1”, if I press it twice I get “mc2”. Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong? Right now its just counting straight to 9. Thank you.

```auto
private function more_text_ButtonPressed(event:MouseEvent) {
            for (var i:Number = 0; i < 9; i++)
            {
            var my_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
            my_mc.name = "mc"+*;
            addChild(my_mc);
            trace(my_mc.name);
             }
        }

```