# Display items like a circle

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-items-like-a-circle/228030>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 4, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-items-like-a-circle/228030 "2007-06-04T19:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![freshface](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/freshface/32/3700_2.png) [@freshface](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/freshface)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-items-like-a-circle/228030/1 "2007-06-04T19:37:54Z")

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Hi

I want to display some rectangle’s on a imaginaire circle.  
But it doesn’t appear as I want to.

This is my code:

```auto

var items = 8;
for(var i=0; i<items; i++){
        
        //make a random rect.
        var myRect:MovieClip = attachMovie("processMoveBall","processMoveBall"+i,i);

        
        var radius:Number = 100;
        
        // calculate the rotaion bases on the items
        var calcRot = ((360/items)*i);
        var calcY = (radius*Math.cos(calcRot)*-1);
        var calcX = radius*Math.sin(calcRot);
        
        trace(i+": "+calcRot);
        trace("x: "+calcY+" y: "+calcX);
        
        
        //use those values
        myRect._x = calcX;
        myRect._y = calcY;
        myRect._rotation = calcRot;
        myRect._alpha = i+20;
}

```

You can download the fla here: [http://users.pandora.be/heyninck/circleTest.fla.zip](http://users.pandora.be/heyninck/circleTest.fla.zip)  
Somebody has any hint/idea?  
Thx