# Moving text in Game Lab

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/moving-text-in-game-lab/37980>\
**Category:** CS Discoveries\
**Tags:** csd-unit-3\
**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/moving-text-in-game-lab/37980 "2023-04-13T16:38:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/moving-text-in-game-lab/37980/3 "2023-04-13T17:59:03Z")

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Good Afternoon @langilla1,

I will give you clear instructions of how to achieve this goal.

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#1. Create a variable named anything, for my case I will use x.  
`var x; `

#2. Assign the variable  
`var x = 0;`

#3. In a loop (preferably the draw loop), add an increment operator or just use the method mentioned below.

```auto
//i will use addition for mine. remember you can do any operation depending on what you want
x++;
//or you can use
x += 1 //if you do not know, this is the same as x = x + 1

```

#4. Then in the text syntax, put your variable in the x or y  
`text("Hello world!", x, 200)`

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I hope this had helped!

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