# Movie clip position

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-position/129898
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-position/129898 "2004-11-29T20:42:06Z")
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### Author: ![Soap\_Hustler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Soap\_Hustler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Soap_Hustler)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-position/129898/1 "2004-11-29T20:42:06Z")

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no matter what i put for \_x and \_y values the MC appears at 0,0.

Why?

onClipEvent (load) {  
\_x = 70;  
\_y = 320;  
speed = 5;  
}  
on(release) {  
endX = 78;  
endY = 130;  
}  
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
\_x += (endX-\_x)/speed;  
\_y += (endY-\_y)/speed;  
}