# What is \_loc used in games?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is--loc-used-in-games/289379>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 29, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is--loc-used-in-games/289379 "2009-05-29T17:03:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![lordali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lordali](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lordali)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is--loc-used-in-games/289379/1 "2009-05-29T17:03:02Z")

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I have seen \_loc1,\_loc2 etc used in games. Whats the purpose of that?

thanks