# Replicating A Pattern

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replicating-a-pattern/57662
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replicating-a-pattern/57662 "2004-07-15T04:13:48Z")
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### Author: ![Ann\_Yoshimi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ann_yoshimi/32/633_2.png) [@Ann\_Yoshimi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ann_Yoshimi)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replicating-a-pattern/57662/1 "2004-07-15T04:13:48Z")

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This time round i need to get the pattern drawn on the drawing board to be repeated on another area of the stage.I need it to be repeated 4x4 tile. Any idea??

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replicating-a-pattern/57662/2 "2004-07-17T21:06:54Z")

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> [@Ann\_Yoshimi](#):
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> This time round i need to get the pattern drawn on the drawing board to be repeated on another area of the stage.I need it to be repeated 4x4 tile. Any idea??

you can do it wit a for loop…  
numpatterns = 4;  
for (i=0; i\<numpattersn; i++) [  
//code here to duplicate ur patterns  
}