# Generating textfields in a for-loop, not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/generating-textfields-in-a-for-loop-not-working/169973>\
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**Created:** [November 21, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/generating-textfields-in-a-for-loop-not-working/169973 "2005-11-21T19:13:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![joakimlinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@joakimlinden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joakimlinden)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/generating-textfields-in-a-for-loop-not-working/169973/1 "2005-11-21T19:13:11Z")

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Why doesn’t this work?  
[AS]  
times = 6;  
for (i = 0; i \<= times; i++) {  
\_root.createTextField(“txt” + i, \_root.getNextHighestDepth());  
\_root[“txt” + i].text = i;  
trace(\_root[“txt” + i]);  
}[/AS]

It works for empty and library-linked mc’s but not textfields…