# ++

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/topic/175748>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/topic/175748 "2006-01-17T14:28:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ice987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/779978/32.png) [@ice987](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ice987)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/topic/175748/1 "2006-01-17T14:28:30Z")

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When you’re running a loop is it possible to increment a variable so that it maintains its original value for the first loop.

I’ve tried using ++i as opposed to i++ but they seem to behave the same