# Duplicate movie clip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movie-clip/283037
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**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movie-clip/283037 "2009-03-01T22:35:20Z")
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### Author: ![daniel\_mihalcea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@daniel\_mihalcea](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daniel_mihalcea)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicate-movie-clip/283037/1 "2009-03-01T22:35:20Z")

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I am writing a function that is duplicating a movie clip and put it on the stage.  
My problem is that when I test my function the duplicate movies are put in the left corner of the stage at (0,0), and I what the to be on the center of the stage.  
Here is my function:

function createBord() {  
for(count = 0; count \< 12; count++) {  
\_root.attachMovie(“border\_mc”, “border\_mc”, \_root.getNextHighestDepth());  
\_root.border\_mc.duplicateMovieClip(“bord”+count, \_root.getNextHighestDepth());  
eval(“bord”+count).\_x = (count%4)\*180;  
eval(“bord”+count).\_y = Math.floor(count/4)\*180;  
}  
}

Thank you.