# Sequential x, duplicate movie, AS

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732 "2004-08-30T23:00:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![macneilslt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@macneilslt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macneilslt)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732/1 "2004-08-30T23:00:17Z")

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Okay, lets say i have this:

```auto

numB = 5
for(i=1; i<numB; i++){
	box.duplicateMovieClip("box" add i, i+100);
}

	

```

how would i set the \_x of each box, to be 100 greater then the previous box \_x  
with as?

so they would appear in a line like # # # # # ?

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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:** [August 31, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732/2 "2004-08-31T00:59:19Z")

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```auto
numB = 5
for(i=1; i<numB; i++){
	box.duplicateMovieClip("box"+i, i+100);
	_parent["box"+i]._x = (i*100)+box1._x
}

```

or

```auto
numB = 5
for(i=1; i<numB; i++){
	box.duplicateMovieClip("box"+i, i+100);
	_parent["box"+i]._x = _parent["box"+(i-1)]._x +100
}

```

they should work… if not, try changing \_parent to this or other pathing locations but \_parent **should** work 😉

Prophet.

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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:** [August 31, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732/3 "2004-08-31T04:42:15Z")

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or maybe

numB = 5;  
for (i=1; i\<numB; i++) {  
box.duplicateMovieClip(“box”+i, i+100);  
this[“box”+i].\_x = 100\*i+box.\_x;  
}

Depends where the code is written. This is on the timeline containing box

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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:** [September 1, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732/4 "2004-09-01T01:53:54Z")

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Thanks guys 🙂

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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:** [September 1, 2004, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732/5 "2004-09-01T09:22:46Z")

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Or Simply

for(i=1; i\<10; i++){  
box.duplicateMovieClip(“box” add i, i);  
\_root[“box”+i].\_x = 100\*i; //100 is the width of Box instance  
}

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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:** [September 1, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sequential-x-duplicate-movie-as/62732/6 "2004-09-01T17:36:32Z")

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no prob 🙂

Prophet.