# Functions...the light comes on

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/functions-the-light-comes-on/108478>\
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**Created:** [April 26, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/functions-the-light-comes-on/108478 "2004-04-26T00:15:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![flashSprocket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@flashSprocket](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashSprocket)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/functions-the-light-comes-on/108478/1 "2004-04-26T00:15:25Z")

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Thanks to one of the tutorials here, I figured out functions. But the funny thing is, I reduced 12 repititions of a 12-line script to 1 script and 12 calls…but the file got bigger. Howza come?