# Just some ignorent guy thinking
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-ignorent-guy-thinking/12819
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 5, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-ignorent-guy-thinking/12819 "2003-02-05T01:10:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Booyaka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Booyaka)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-ignorent-guy-thinking/12819/1 "2003-02-05T01:10:18Z")
hello every one
how would i get a movie clip to alpha fade out to 0 then back to 100 and back agian…
in action script
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-ignorent-guy-thinking/12819/2 "2003-02-05T01:20:36Z")
```auto
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this._alpha >= 100 ) {
alpha = -5
} else if (this._alpha <= 0) {
alpha = 5
}
this._alpha += alpha
}
```
pretty easy … isn’t it? :beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-ignorent-guy-thinking/12819/3 "2003-02-05T01:22:36Z")
thaks man you just increased my knowledge of actionscript
never thought about useing else if anyways thanks agian
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-ignorent-guy-thinking/12819/4 "2003-02-05T01:26:52Z")
no problem man =)
by the way … the [color=red]else if[/color] statement isn’t necessary …
```auto
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this._alpha >= 100) alpha = -5
if (this._alpha <= 0) alpha = 5
this._alpha += alpha
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/just-some-ignorent-guy-thinking/12819/5 "2003-02-05T01:41:20Z")
BUT! the else prevents flash from checking the other condition when the first one is true. And if it IS true, theres no point in checking the second because you know its not going to be true also.
… not that it matters anyway 🙂