# Help with duplicate mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-duplicate-mc/122609>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 15, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-duplicate-mc/122609 "2004-09-15T09:07:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![pixeldude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@pixeldude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pixeldude)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-duplicate-mc/122609/1 "2004-09-15T09:07:25Z")

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ello… can anyone point to me…where to put the set interval in this below code if i wanna make the duplicate one bye one…i mean after it finished duplicate one and proceed duplicate 2nd after second…and so on…is it possible…i’ve tried put the set interval code but it’s seem not work at all…the example code are below…

```auto

bil = 1;  
for (j=0; j < 4; j ++) {
	  	for (i=0; i < 4; i ++) {
	  	     duplicateMovieClip(theMask, "theMask"+bil, bil);
		     setProperty("theMask"+bil, _x, (i * 100));  
		     setProperty("theMask"+bil, _y, (j * 100)); 
 	             bil ++;  
                 } 
   	  
} 
 stop();
  

```

really need help…

thx