# Please help a noob :D

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-a-noob-d/193092>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 4, 2006, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-a-noob-d/193092 "2006-07-04T09:40:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pinka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Pinka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pinka)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-a-noob-d/193092/1 "2006-07-04T09:40:52Z")

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Could some 1 tell me why oh why this doesn’t work, please?

\_root.position = Number(\_root.position)+(\_root.xvalue-350)/(\_root.Distance.distance);

but this does

\_root.position = Number(\_root.position)+(\_root.xvalue-350)/10;

Its for a game, which I need to get progressively harder. I can do this by increasing the distance value but it’ll only work with a number (ie 10).

Please help me?