# Selecting instances with incremental names

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-instances-with-incremental-names/275423>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 13, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-instances-with-incremental-names/275423 "2008-11-13T18:01:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![kritikal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kritikal/32/1699_2.png) [@kritikal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kritikal)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/selecting-instances-with-incremental-names/275423/1 "2008-11-13T18:01:57Z")

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hey guys

was just wondering if there’s a way of using a for loop to select instances that have an incremental name.

something like

```auto

for (var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++) 
{
  someInstance.["myInstance" + i].alpha = 0;
}

```