# Question about duplicate movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-duplicate-movieclip/192842>\
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**Created:** [July 1, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-duplicate-movieclip/192842 "2006-07-01T21:38:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-duplicate-movieclip/192842/1 "2006-07-01T21:38:04Z")

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Can someone please explain me why this code doesn’t work in AS2 flash 7, but works in flash 5 AS1.

[AS] onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
i++;  
duplicateMovieClip("\_root.arrow0", “arrow” + i, i);  
setProperty(\_root[“arrow” + i], \_alpha, Random(60)+40);  
} [/AS]