# Vertically align duplicated movieclips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertically-align-duplicated-movieclips/238612>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 13, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertically-align-duplicated-movieclips/238612 "2007-09-13T04:39:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![dsntos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dsntos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dsntos)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vertically-align-duplicated-movieclips/238612/1 "2007-09-13T04:39:57Z")

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Ok this is driving me nuts.

Each duplicated clip is a different height to fit some xml text.

How do I vertically space out the duplicated movie clips so they don’t overlap?

```auto

[COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#0000bb]result_mc[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]duplicateMovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]([/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700],[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]); 
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]result_mc[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_visible [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]false[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]; 

[/COLOR][COLOR=#ff8000]//Y Placement 

[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]this[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_y [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= (([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]s[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]) * ([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]this[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]resultBg[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_height [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]spacing[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700])) + ([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]result_mc[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_y[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]); 
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]s[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]++; 

[/COLOR][COLOR=#ff8000]//Scale result's box to fit text 

[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]if ([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]this[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]description[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_height [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]>= [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]this[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]resultBg[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_height[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]) { 
[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]this[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]resultBg[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_height [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]= ([/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]20 [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]this[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]description[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_height [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]this[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700][[/COLOR][COLOR=#dd0000]"mc" [/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]+ [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]i[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]title[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700].[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000bb]_height[/COLOR][COLOR=#007700]); 
[/COLOR][/COLOR]}

```

The equation under Y Placement is wrong. any help?