# Targeting duplicates

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-duplicates/57025>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 9, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-duplicates/57025 "2004-07-09T17:11:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![guitarzen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@guitarzen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/guitarzen)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-duplicates/57025/1 "2004-07-09T17:11:13Z")

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I am duplicating a movieclip on the stage in which Flash labels them in order.  
AKA. ball1…ball2…ball3…ball4…etc.

I’m trying to change the color of all of them from another button and so far I have to do it like this: Is there a shorter way?

on (release) {  
var visitedcolor = new Color(\_root.bb.t1.screen);  
visitedcolor.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
var visitedcolor1 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball1.screen);  
visitedcolor1.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
var visitedcolor2 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball2.screen);  
visitedcolor2.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
var visitedcolor3 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball3.screen);  
visitedcolor3.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
var visitedcolor4 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball4.screen);  
visitedcolor4.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
var visitedcolor5 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball5.screen);  
visitedcolor5.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
}

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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:** [July 9, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-duplicates/57025/2 "2004-07-09T19:32:40Z")

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> [@guitarzen](#):
>
> I am duplicating a movieclip on the stage in which Flash labels them in order.  
> AKA. ball1…ball2…ball3…ball4…etc.
> 
> I’m trying to change the color of all of them from another button and so far I have to do it like this: Is there a shorter way?
> 
> on (release) {  
> var visitedcolor = new Color(\_root.bb.t1.screen);  
> visitedcolor.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
> var visitedcolor1 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball1.screen);  
> visitedcolor1.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
> var visitedcolor2 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball2.screen);  
> visitedcolor2.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
> var visitedcolor3 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball3.screen);  
> visitedcolor3.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
> var visitedcolor4 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball4.screen);  
> visitedcolor4.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
> var visitedcolor5 = new Color(\_root.bb.ball5.screen);  
> visitedcolor5.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
> }

try  
on (release) {  
for (i=1; i\<6; i++) {  
visitedcolor = new Color(\_root.bb[“ball”+i].screen);  
visitedcolor.setRGB(0x00FF00);  
}  
}

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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:** [July 9, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-duplicates/57025/3 "2004-07-09T20:00:19Z")

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that’ll work. Thanks