# Movieclip instances with actionscript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-instances-with-actionscript/150081>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 3, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-instances-with-actionscript/150081 "2005-06-03T15:35:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![newshaggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@newshaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newshaggy)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-instances-with-actionscript/150081/1 "2005-06-03T15:35:25Z")

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This is a very general question from a newbie - how I do create movieclip instances using actionscript. Example, I would like to create a random number of instances of one movie clip already created named “movInst”. I know this must be simple but I can not figure it out.