# duplicateMovieClip help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-help/172710>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 17, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-help/172710 "2005-12-17T01:48:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jardane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jardane](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jardane)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-help/172710/1 "2005-12-17T01:48:49Z")

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i need a way to give every copied movie clip a random name or every copy has a number and that number goes up when copyed example: MC 1, MC 2, MC 3 and so on.