# Help with making a MC appear randomly in an area

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-making-a-mc-appear-randomly-in-an-area/171581
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 6, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-making-a-mc-appear-randomly-in-an-area/171581 "2005-12-06T18:22:15Z")
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### Author: ![King\_Blaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@King\_Blaze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/King_Blaze)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-making-a-mc-appear-randomly-in-an-area/171581/1 "2005-12-06T18:22:15Z")

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[font=Comic Sans MS][font=Georgia][font=Verdana]hi,  
i want to make it so my movie clip appears randomly in an area, i was using this code, but i dont want it to appear near the edges of the movie

```auto
xvaluevar = random(560);
_root.testtarget._x = xvaluevar;

```

any idea on how i can do it?  
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