# setInterval problem, gives the same value over and over to function

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-gives-the-same-value-over-and-over-to-function/278065
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**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-gives-the-same-value-over-and-over-to-function/278065 "2008-12-21T15:28:29Z")
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### Author: ![deltaone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@deltaone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deltaone)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setinterval-problem-gives-the-same-value-over-and-over-to-function/278065/1 "2008-12-21T15:28:29Z")

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LATER EDIT: apparently, I managed to work around it. Anyway, the second setInterval was the one that did not work, and I put instead of:

setInterval(this, “setText”, interval, setAcText());

this:

```auto

StratFlash = new setText(setAcText());
setText.prototype.updates = function() {
setText(setAcText())
// setText(setAcText());
};
setInterval(StratFlash, "updates", 4000);

```

to the second setInterval…

I have the following code that right now SHOULD do the following:

- show a different text every 2 seconds

```auto
// yay, starting..

/* the below setText creates the text to be shown in the flash and uses the parameter theText as the text */

function setText (theText:String):Void {  
  if(t != null) {t.removeTextField(); }
  if(container != null) { container.removeMovieClip(); }
  
  var container:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", this.getNextHighestDepth());

  container.createTextField("t", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 30, 30, 150, 20);
  var tf:TextField = container.t;
  tf.text = theText;

}

/* here in function setAcText we declare the texts possible to be shown, and returning one */

var trr = null;
function setAcText():String {
                num = Math.round(Math.random()*3);
                    switch (num) {
                        case 0:    
                            trr = "New Worlds 0"; break ;
                        case 1:
                            trr = "New Worlds 1"; break ;
                        case 2:
                            trr = "New Worlds 2"; break ;
                        case 3:
                            trr = "New Worlds 3"; break ;
                        default:
                            trr = "New Worlds default";
                        }
            return trr;
        }

/* here we set an interval for the function to return a text, then an interval for the other function to construct a movieclip with a textfield to show that text */

var interval = 2000;
setInterval(this, "setAcText", interval)
setInterval(this, "setText", interval, setAcText());

stop();

```

The problem with it:

- the setAcText() returns a text, apparently setText grabs it but then it does this only once
- from my tests I seen that setText actually grabs another text returned from the setAcText, but heh, it still returns something

So, how can I actually make the setText do something, then do something else, then do something else, instead of actually doing the same thing over and over again?

Thank you!