# Creating multiple instances of code generated mc?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-multiple-instances-of-code-generated-mc/309449>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 15, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-multiple-instances-of-code-generated-mc/309449 "2010-05-15T10:38:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Geki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Geki)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-multiple-instances-of-code-generated-mc/309449/1 "2010-05-15T10:38:15Z")

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I need to generate multiple instances of a code generated movieclip. If I try:

```auto

var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var n:mc = new mc();

```

I get 2 errors:  
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: mc.  
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method mc.

But if I write:

```auto

var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var n:MovieClip = mc;
var m:MovieClip = mc;

```

Then n stops being mc and only the last defined variable is mc. What am I doing wrong?