# External AS files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-as-files/186306>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 20, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-as-files/186306 "2006-04-20T13:38:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![g5604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@g5604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g5604)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-as-files/186306/1 "2006-04-20T13:38:43Z")

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Hi,

i have a lot of code, and simply to make it easier to read i have broken it down into lots of different .as files which i then load like this:

#include “chan1.as”  
#include “chan2.as”  
#include “chan3.as”

is this bad practice? or does it not matter at all?

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-as-files/186306/2 "2006-04-20T13:42:58Z")

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Its actually good practise as long as it doesn’t interfere with readability. Just keep it so that if anybody else has to edit you code, it’s easy to understand.🙂

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**Author:** ![g5604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@g5604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g5604)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-as-files/186306/3 "2006-04-20T13:58:01Z")

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cool, thanks!

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-as-files/186306/4 "2006-04-20T14:01:58Z")

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np:)