Flash translation

1

would somebody please, as detailed as possible, translate these lines of code into english


j++;
if(j<20){
	_root.box.duplicateMovieClip("box"+j,j);
	
}

i have seen ’ i ’ before, but i have never seen ’ j ’

the action is placed on the first frame and obviously manipulates the instance of an MC named ‘box’
i know “what” it does, as i see that the box is duplicated and spewed across the stage
i ws just wondering when and why use ’ j ’
thx all u flash gurus!!

2

j is just a variable. make it h for all it matters…lol.

“i” is the standard variable used in Flash, if “i” is taken, then “j” is usually used after that, then “k”, then “l”, etc.

3

oh, so ‘i’ can just as easily be replaced as ‘j’, it just happens to be what everyon euses
i see
the person who made this has no ‘i’ variable, i guess they dont like that letter hehe

correct me if im wrong, but dont you have to define a variable?

from the look of the script which this came from, it looks like he just started right off with j++

4

j++ means j = j+1

If j is undefined, it is automatically zero, so j++ makes it 1 right from the start.

5

cool