# Basic beginner problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-beginner-problem/326661>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 3, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-beginner-problem/326661 "2012-01-03T18:22:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Redloos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@Redloos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Redloos)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-beginner-problem/326661/1 "2012-01-03T18:22:00Z")

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Hey! Im extremely new to actionscript and have been trying forevever this basic problem.

What i wanna do is have 2 textinputs, one for your name, and the other one for the times you want the name will be shown in a textarea. And this should happen by pushing a button.

So if you type in Jacob in the first textinput, and “3” in the second the textarea should display:  
Jacob  
Jacob  
Jacob.

Would be really appreciated if someone could help me with this!