# For loop + addChild. How to get unique instance names?

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**Created:** [May 17, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-loop-addchild-how-to-get-unique-instance-names/225963 "2007-05-17T02:32:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![geoken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@geoken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geoken)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-loop-addchild-how-to-get-unique-instance-names/225963/1 "2007-05-17T02:32:03Z")

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I’m totally stumped. Can someone give an example of a for loop that creates mc’s which have unique instance names and can be controlled by some as later in the file?:jail: