# Short hand operation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/short-hand-operation/194891>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 26, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/short-hand-operation/194891 "2006-07-26T23:48:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![brndn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@brndn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brndn)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/short-hand-operation/194891/1 "2006-07-26T23:48:49Z")

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Hi all  
Can any body tell me how to simplify some code?  
This is essentially what I am trying to achieve.

rag1,rag2,rag3,rag4,rag5,rag6,rag7.\_alpha = 40;

or the long verion  
rag1.\_alpha = 40;  
rag2.\_alpha = 40;  
rag3.\_alpha = 40;  
rag4.\_alpha = 40;  
etc