# Duplication problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplication-problem/68644>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 27, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplication-problem/68644 "2004-10-27T16:10:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ibanez)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplication-problem/68644/1 "2004-10-27T16:10:17Z")

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I have a movie clip that I am trying to duplicate with the following code in the first key frame

```auto
myVars = new LoadVars();
myVars.load("array.txt");
myVars.onLoad = function() {
	varArray = myVars.arrayValue.split(",");
	varLength = varArray.length;
	i = 0;
	x = 0;
	for (i=0; i<varLength; i++) {
		createEmptyMovieClip("movie_"+i, i);
		_root.masterm["movie_"+i].loadMovie("thumbs/"+varArray*, _root);
		_root.masterm["movie_"+i]._x = x;
		_root.masterm["movie_"+i]._y = 0;
		x = x + 68;
	}
};

```

this works great when I have the clip placed already on the stage. My problem is that when I duplicate the clip this:

```auto
masterm["movie_"+i]

```

just updates the parent movie. How would I be able to change the “masterm” to the name of the duplicated movie?