# Help: Problem with 'this' in setInterval

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-with-this-in-setinterval/302495
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 1, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-with-this-in-setinterval/302495 "2010-01-01T17:10:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![zeembry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@zeembry](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zeembry)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-problem-with-this-in-setinterval/302495/1 "2010-01-01T17:10:17Z")

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one = function()  
{  
trace(this);  
}

two = function()  
{  
one();  
}

setInterval(one,100); // it doesn’t work  
setInterval(two,100); // it works

// what’s wrong ? 🙂