# Another Noob question about a counter

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-noob-question-about-a-counter/279120
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 9, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-noob-question-about-a-counter/279120 "2009-01-09T18:14:08Z")
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### Author: ![shenk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@shenk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shenk)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/another-noob-question-about-a-counter/279120/1 "2009-01-09T18:14:08Z")

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Ok. I know next to nothing in actionscript.  
I need to know how to make a text field go up +1 at an interval i set.  
the instance name for the text field is: counter