# More fun with grids

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-fun-with-grids/245930>\
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**Created:** [December 5, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-fun-with-grids/245930 "2007-12-05T15:54:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Awesome\_O\_4000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Awesome\_O\_4000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Awesome_O_4000)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-fun-with-grids/245930/1 "2007-12-05T15:54:50Z")

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Last thread I had made, I was getting help with a grid I had created out of one Movie Clip.  
Now I’ve been experimenting with creating a grid, but using several Movie Clips.  
I have four colored tiles, and would like to generate a 5x5 grid (to start) with said tiles, placed at random.

I’ve done some research, and here’s the code I have so far.

```auto

var myArray:Array = new Array();
var totalRows:Number = 5;
var totalColumns:Number = 5;
var spacing:Number = 5;

var red:Red = new Red();
var blue:Blue = new Blue();
var green:Green = new Green();
var yellow:Yellow = new Yellow();
var Grid:Array = [green, red, blue, yellow];

for (var row:Number = 0; row < totalRows; row++) {
    if (myArray.length-1 < row) {
        myArray.push([]);
    }
    for (var column:Number = 0; column < totalColumns; column++) {
        var randomColor:Number = Math.round(Math.random()*(Grid.length-1));
        var colorMC:MovieClip = Grid[randomColor];
        
        addChild(colorMC);
        
        colorMC.x = row * colorMC.width+spacing;
        colorMC.y = column * colorMC.height+spacing;
        
        myArray[row].push(colorMC);
    }
}

for (var i:Number = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) {
    for (var j:Number = 0; j < myArray*.length; j++) {
        trace(myArray*[j]);
    }
}

```

Right now, as you can probably tell (better than I can) from the code, when it runs, the program only creates one box of each color and places it randomly. Anyone have any pointers?