setInterval with duplicateMovieClip

programming flash
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Hi!

I am trying to duplicate a movie clip item, but I want the newly created instances to be staggered in terms of when they are placed on stage. I tried doing it with an interval, but it isn’t working - the instances continue to be dumped onto the stage all at once. Any suggestions?

function dropNames() {
for (i = 1; i < NameList.length; i++) {
if (NameList != “noName”) {
newInterval = setInterval(newFaller(i),2000);
}
}
clearInterval(thisInterval);
}

function newFaller(num) {
duplicateMovieClip(Faller, “Faller”+num,num);
clearInterval(newInterval);
}

Thanks!!!

dm