# Can anyone help a newbie?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-help-a-newbie/134105 "2005-01-14T17:42:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![obsidian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@obsidian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/obsidian)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-anyone-help-a-newbie/134105/1 "2005-01-14T17:42:11Z")

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I’ve got programming experience, but i’m just getting into actionscript. My question is this: how can you make a stationary object rotate to “track” another object moving accross the screen? Basically, for one of my tests, I want to have an object doing a random motion (which i’ve already completed), and I want another stationary object with a pointer to be constantly pointing in the direction of the moving object. i know i have to play with rotation, but i really don’t know where to start. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!