# Mx - counter
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 20, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524 "2003-10-20T18:41:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@wilma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wilma)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524/1 "2003-10-20T18:41:23Z")
hi, does anyone know if there is a piece of code that will count from 0 through 9 and then just keep repeating over and over?
if there is would there be a way of controlling the spped of the count - so it could go really fast or quite slow??
i tried
[AS]onClipEvent (load) {
```
myValue = 0;
```
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
```
if (myValue < 100) {
myValue++;
}
```
} {[/AS]
but alas i think iām well off the mark
wilma
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524/2 "2003-10-20T18:56:56Z")
Use the modulo [font=courier new]%[/font] operator.
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary010.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary010.html)
```auto
var val = 0;
function count() {
val = ++val%10;
trace(val);
}
this.onEnterFrame = count;
```
To control the speed, you can use the [font=courier new]setInterval[/font] function.
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary646.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary646.html)
```auto
var val = 0;
function count() {
val = ++val%10;
trace(val);
}
var interval = setInterval(count, 1000/48);
```
š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524/3 "2003-10-20T19:02:16Z")
that gives me output Kode, but how do i actually get the number on screen to change.
say if i type the number ā2ā on a layer how do i get that number to change constantly to a value between 0 and 9??
wilma
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524/4 "2003-10-20T19:12:45Z")
Create a text field and you could either assign the variable to it, or assign the value of the variable through its [font=courier new]text[/font] property.
```auto
var my_var = 2;
this.createTextField("my_txt", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
my_txt.autoSize = true;
my_txt.variable = "my_var";
function count() {
my_var = ++my_var%10;
}
this.onEnterFrame = count;
//
var my_var = 2;
this.createTextField("my_txt", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
my_txt.autoSize = true;
function count() {
my_var = ++my_var%10;
my_txt.text = my_var;
}
this.onEnterFrame = count;
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524/5 "2003-10-20T19:24:05Z")
nice one.
presumably i can control the text style by adding code to that?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-counter/33524/6 "2003-10-20T19:26:39Z")
Yep. The [font=courier new]TextFormat[/font] object will help you with that. š
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary788.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary788.html)