# Flash translation
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-translation/8399
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 20, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-translation/8399 "2002-11-20T04:57:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Neo\_Clone01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Neo_Clone01)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-translation/8399/1 "2002-11-20T04:57:39Z")
would somebody please, as detailed as possible, translate these lines of code into english
```auto
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!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-translation/8399/2 "2002-11-20T05:07:25Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-translation/8399/3 "2002-11-20T20:08:26Z")
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++
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-translation/8399/4 "2002-11-20T20:11:59Z")
j++ means j = j+1
If j is undefined, it is automatically zero, so j++ makes it 1 right from the start.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-translation/8399/5 "2002-11-20T20:20:23Z")
cool