# Creating grids in Flash 8

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-grids-in-flash-8/183285>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 25, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-grids-in-flash-8/183285 "2006-03-25T14:41:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![crisswaters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@crisswaters](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/crisswaters)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-grids-in-flash-8/183285/1 "2006-03-25T14:41:41Z")

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Hi All,

I used the following code from Kirupa’s site to create grids in flash:

gridx=30;  
gridy=30;  
num=0;  
for (var i=0;i \< 10;i++)  
{  
for (var j=0;j \< 10;j++)  
{  
dot.duplicateMovieClip(“px”+num,num);  
mc=this[“px”+num];  
mc.\_x=gridx_i;  
mc.\_y=gridy_j;  
num++;  
}  
}  
dot.\_visible=0;

However,it does not seem to work in Flash 8.I created a movie clip and named it px.

Kindly advise me on this.I am a starter in Flash.

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**Author:** ![scotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scotty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scotty)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-grids-in-flash-8/183285/2 "2006-03-25T15:56:13Z")

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In the code you have ‘dot’, try

```auto
gridx = 30;
gridy = 30;
num = 0;
for (var i = 0; i<10; i++) {
	for (var j = 0; j<10; j++) {
		var mc = px.duplicateMovieClip("px"+num, num);
		mc = this["px"+num];
		mc._x = gridx*i;
		mc._y = gridy*j;
		num++;
	}
}
px._visible = 0;

```

btw welcome to kirupaforums+)

scotty(-: