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  1. KerryRuddock
    Thanks Blake for those examples. I played with the GSAP .call() and it worked fine and I stuck with Craig's example for my FCC project I was working on. Can be seen in this https://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/full/oqrXXv/ I really liked the powerpoint presentation effect GSAP brought to this project.
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    Thank you Craig. Your pen is exactly what I am looking for. I wish I could understand why your javascript works and mine does not. The thing is, with my code I do see the correct output at console.log... just not on the screen which I'm sure is just my lack of knowledge. I thought using a new TimeLineLite object on each iteration might do the trick, but I'm convinced I tried this before my posting. This had had no impact on achieving a better result. function displayTribute( tribute, j ) { var tl = new TimelineLite(); console.log( tribute[j], tribute[j+1], tribute[j+2]); $line1.text( tribute[j] ); $line2.text( tribute[j+1] ); $line3.text( tribute[j+2] ); tl.staggerTo( [$line1, $line2, $line3], 3, { opacity: 1 }, 0.5 ) .to( [$line1, $line2, $line3], 1, { opacity: 0 }, "+2" ); } In your pen, could humor me, when does onComplete: call animateStory? Is it at the end of tl.staggerTo()? or is it at the end of tl.to()? function animateStory() { if (line < 9) { var tl = new TimelineMax({ onComplete: animateStory }); line1.innerHTML = tribStory[j][line]; line2.innerHTML = tribStory[j][line + 1]; line3.innerHTML = tribStory[j][line + 2]; tl.staggerTo([line1, line2, line3], 3, { opacity: 1 }, 0.5); tl.to([line1, line2, line3], 1, { opacity: 0 }, "+=1"); line += 3; } else if (j < tribStory.length - 1) { j++; line = 0; animateStory(); } else { console.log("all done"); } } animateStory();
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    Nice work Visual-Q. I was reading this post on Stack Oveflow and was playing around with the css outline property with an inset-style to try and get this to work.
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    This is what I would like to happen: 1) Loop through a 2 dimensional array, each array contains a story segment: approx. 9 sentences/lines per segment. 2) Loop through the segment, display 3 lines of the segment. Each line is staggered for a fadeIn display 3) After the fade-in, Delay for short reading period before fading out the display. Sounds easy enough, but I never got it right. I tried doing this using jQuery and setIntervals, then switched to setTimeouts, before giving it a go with GSAP. I'm lacking knowledge when it comes to looping with timers and the end result is I only see few sentences from my multi-dimensional array. Sorry, ES5 is all I know, but it feels like I'm missing a closure or something in this codepen Here's what the html, and the javascript looks like: HTML: <body> <section class="hero"></section> <section class="tribute"> <div class="tribute-line1"></div> <div class="tribute-line2"></div> <div class="tribute-line3"></div> </section> </body> Javascript: $(function() { var tribStory = [ [ "Line 1-1", "Line 1-2", "", "Line 1-4", "Line 1-5", "", "Line 1-7", "Line 1-8", "Line 1-9" ], [ "Line 2-1", "Line 2-2", "", "Line 2-4", "Line 2-5", "", "Line 2-7", "Line 2-8", "Line 2-9" ] ]; // end array var tl = new TimelineLite(); var $line1 = $(".tribute-line1"); var $line2 = $(".tribute-line2"); var $line3 = $(".tribute-line3"); var $currFade; var delay = 1000; var i = 0; var storyLen = tribStory.length; function displayTribute( tribute, j ) { console.log( tribute[j], tribute[j+1], tribute[j+2]); $line1.text( tribute[j] ); $line2.text( tribute[j+1] ); $line3.text( tribute[j+2] ); tl.staggerTo( [$line1, $line2, $line3], 3, { opacity: 1 }, 0.5 ) .delay(2).to( [$line1, $line2, $line3], 1, { opacity: 0 } ); } var tribAnim = function() { if ( i < storyLen ) { var tribArray = tribStory[i]; var tribArrLen = tribArray.length; for ( j = 0; j < tribArrLen; j+=3 ) { (function( tribArray, j){ displayTribute( tribArray, j ); }(tribArray,j)); } i++; } if ( i < storyLen ) tribAnim(); }; tribAnim(); });
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    .kill

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    .kill

    KerryRuddock replied to KerryRuddock's topic in GSAP

    Thanks Jack, you gave me something to think about. I guess this is where I need your expertise, yep I have 2 tweens running to handle X and Y independently. When the ball hits either the left or right border, I want OnComplete for X to call moveKill(), and its within this function where I .kill both the X and Y tweens so that the onComplete does not fire off on the Y. Does this make sense, or am I handling this incorrectly?
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    .kill

    KerryRuddock replied to KerryRuddock's topic in GSAP

    Thanks for trying Carl, I will keep plugging away on this problem. I might have a question for you later. but for now I increased the number of balls so it is easier to reproduce the problem under the Rapid Fire button. Intermittent bugs are a pain to debug, you did right by choosing the rapid fire and there were 8 balls that bounced around. The problem doesn't always reveal itself. In the moveKill() function is where I use .kill method and I tried switching it from this: t2[i].kill(null, obj.id); to this... didn't help, but worth a try t2[i].kill({x:true, y:true, rotation:true}, obj.id); I changed the tests I was using to detect if a ball is at either right border and/or bottom border as I thought I may be rounding it off 1 pixel away from the right and/or bottom border. I could see this having an impact on not being able to detect a border correctly on occasion if the program was unable to resupply new x,y destinatiion to moveTarget.(). The bottom/right border tests now work when the ball is 1 pixel away. Unfortunately, this change didn't resolve the intermittent issue. // Get tween.target (shape) current position obj.posX = Math.floor(tween.target[0]._gsTransform.x); obj.posY = Math.floor(tween.target[0]._gsTransform.y); if (( obj.posX + 1 ) === obj.borderX ) { obj.posX = obj.borderX; } if (( obj.posY + 1 ) === obj.borderY ) { obj.posY = obj.borderY; }
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    .kill

    KerryRuddock posted a topic in GSAP

    Hi guys, Several months ago I was working on a reaction tester where I used GSAP timeline to aid with animating balls around a screen. I was happy with my experience using GSAP, but left an issue on the table that I have revisited in the past week but have had problems diagnosing exactly where the problem lays.... In my codepen, I have a function called movekill() that is called when the animation completes by hitting a border. // movekill() is initiated by an onComplete callback method, a property of the GreenSock Animation Platform. // We use GSAP timelinelite's .to method to 'tween' the x,y and rotation properties and upon animation completion // this function is called to resupply the animation aka. 'tween' with new x,y, and rotation properties. function moveKill(tween, obj, border) { if ( tween.target[0]._gsTransform.x == undefined || tween.target[0]._gsTransform.y == undefined ) { alert ("undefined _gsTransform.x or _gsTransform.y") } // Get tween.target (shape) current position obj.posX = Math.floor(tween.target[0]._gsTransform.x); obj.posY = Math.floor(tween.target[0]._gsTransform.y); console.log("id " + obj.id + " pX " + obj.posX + " pY " + obj.posY + " " + ((obj.stageRight === true) ? "R" : "L") + " " + ((obj.stageTop === true) ? "T" : "B") + " CurX " + Math.floor(obj.posX) + " CurY " + Math.floor(obj.posY) + " wall " + border ); var i = obj.index, wall=""; // Check if our shape hit a corner if (( obj.posX === 0 && obj.posY === 0 ) || ( obj.posX === 0 && obj.posY === obj.borderY ) || ( obj.posX === obj.borderX && obj.posY === 0 ) || ( obj.posX === obj.borderX && obj.posY === obj.borderY )) { // debugger; } if ( obj.posX <= 0){ obj.toX = obj.borderX; obj.stageRight = true; wall="L"; } else if ( obj.posX >= obj.borderX){ obj.toX = 0; obj.stageRight = false; wall="R"; } if ( obj.posY <= 0 ) { obj.toY = obj.borderY; obj.stageTop = false; wall="T"; } else if ( obj.posY >= obj.borderY ){ obj.toY = 0; obj.stageTop = true; wall="B"; } if ( wall === "" ) { console.log ("houston we have a problem"); } t2[i].kill(null, obj.id); // $("h1").text("x: " + obj.posX + " y: " + obj.posY); moveTarget(obj, myConst.SET_SPEED_FALSE); } Using chrome developer tools I placed a js breakpoint at line 269, to track an intermittent glitch where sometimes a ball hits a corner and then 1 or 2 things happens: the ball appears in 2 places at once on the screen, or the ball freezes in the corner. I have stepped through my javascript code from the breakpoint until the re-entry of a new timeline and the glitch appears to be occuring within the GSAP timeline method I am not sure where to go from here. I have attached a chrome developer tool profile that shows function execution times. I don't see anything obvious. The code appears to be running correctly 99% of the time, but that 1% is the part I need help with and would appreciate whatever guidance you can offer. Sorry I trimmed the javascript length in the codepen as best as I could. The moveTarget() and moveKill() functions are where I use the GSAP timeline.to method and moveKill() is where I kill the tween and resupply moveTarget's obj with a new X and Y position for the ball that has hit the border.
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    Hi Blake, I do appreciate the example that you provided, Maybe I dismissed this too quick, but I saw that you were pushing the ball objects to the end of your array. I want my ball objects placed at an array indice that makes it easier to track for when I need to kill off my object during my click handler event. The codepen required JS Babel... I read JS Babel is based on ecmascript6. This in itself pushed me away from the codepen. If I had more experience with class based languages such as java and C++ or C#, I would have taken a harder look, but this was a little too much to learn for me at this point . Javascript, OOP, and GSAP ... all were foreign concepts to me a 3 months ago. Now if you ever need a program written in CADOL, I'm your man. I want to close off this thread. I have the Rapid Fire working. Therel are still a few issues: an occasional ball appearing in two places at once or getting stuck and my click handler seems lagging and unable to keep up GSAP. Here is my final codepen for those following this thread http://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/full/amoEOX/ Thanks again to everyone providing me with their input and helping me achieve my goal. It has been a fantastic learning process.
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    Thanks Blake, As soon as I can complete my web development course and generate income I definitely plan to become a member and enjoy benefits such as using the VelocityTracker plugin. Very cool, but for now I am tracking velocity manually, I love your bouncing ball codepen and although I am not playing with gravity in my simulation, I am currently trying to simulate multiple bouncing balls in the "Rapid Fire" version of my reaction tester. I have one problem remaining, In the Rapid Fire version of my project, each object (or ball) that I add to the array of timelines seems to be affecting the previously added array object., in fact it become undefined. The object doesn't disappear from the screen, its just no longer in the array of timelines. I don't warrant any further help... I know. I am trying to figure this one out on my own. However, I want this thread to inspire other people taking my course or just other people learning javascript and found their way to this forum to see that they too can create wonderful javascript animations with GSAP. This http://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/full/OXKYKZ/ is my latest version of my reaction tester. We're almost there.
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    Craig, Your code did eventually help me figure things out This worked when I plugged into your codepen, but didn't work when I plugged into my development code. Turns out that tween.target[0][0] is double-indexed on my side of things. Thanks, Onwards we go.
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    I really thought I was on my way after viewing Craig's example, but I am still struggling to figure out a way how to get the value of x or y in the movekill() function. Not the propertyName itself. // run animation on initial target path tl.set(animTarget, {x:0, y:0 }) // x,y based on #myshape top/left .to(animTarget, secX, {x:500, onComplete:moveKill, onCompleteParams:["{self}","x"]}, "animTarget") .to(animTarget, secY, {y:500, onComplete:moveKill, onCompleteParams:["{self}","y"]}, "animTarget"); } function moveKill(tween, parm1) { console.log(tween, parm1); tl.kill(); } I want the X or Y value in moveKill() not "X" or "Y" . tween[parm1] is undefined. I spent 6 hours trying to hammer this one out myself, but had no success.
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    That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. What I found interesting Craig, is that you removed the var from the tl object and thereby giving the timeline object global scope. I was curious, and tried putting the tl object back into local scope and then tried passing tl as well as the tween into moveKill, but this too failed function moveTarget (animTarget) { TweenLite.defaultEase = Linear.easeNone; var tl = new TimelineLite(); // <-- moveKill() doesn't recognize tl even when passed in onCompleteParams // the scope of tl needs to be global scope. // animTarget will be 'tweened' to x:500,y:500 var secX = getRandomInteger(100,300)/100; // tween X between 1 and 3 seconds var secY = getRandomInteger(100,200)/100; // tween Y between 1 and 2 seconds // run animation on initial target path tl.set(animTarget, {x:0, y:0 }) // x,y based on #myshape top/left .to(animTarget, secX, {x:500, onComplete:moveKill, onCompleteParams:["{self}","tl","x"]}, "animTarget") .to(animTarget, secY, {y:500, onComplete:moveKill, onCompleteParams:["{self}","tl","y"]}, "animTarget"); } function moveKill(tween, tl, parm1) { console.log(tween, parm1); tl.kill(); } I will be posting a link of the finished product shortly in case anyone else is following this thread.
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    Hi Craig, Thanks for jumping in. I not sure if I set this up correctly, but I am passing in the timeline as a parameter and I am seeing the same result. Code below: // run animation on initial target path tl.set(animTarget, {x:0, y:0 }) // x,y based on #myshape top/left .to(animTarget, secX, {x:500, onComplete:moveKill, onCompleteParams:["tl","x"]}, "animTarget") .to(animTarget, secY, {y:500, onComplete:moveKill, onCompleteParams:["tl","y"]}, "animTarget"); } function moveKill(tl, parm1) { console.log(tween, parm1); tl.kill(); }
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    Carl, Took a while to put together a shorter codepen, apparently I was missing some code for the killStuff(). Based on what I am seeing, the .kill() method is not killing the tween completely. As soon as the object hits either the right wall or the bottom wall the tween should be killed, but it continues until both .to methods have completed. Not sure why, would you mind having a look? Here's the link http://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/pen/qNzLAb/ Thanks again. were almost there.
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    Okay, Let me re-phrase Question 1: In the chain of .to methods I displayed, 1 of the .to methods is going to complete before the other .to method completes as 1 method runs longer than the other method. Is there something that I can add to the .to method that calls a function when the tween completes? I am tweening X and Y coordinates asyncronously and it could be either the X tween or the Y tween that completes first. So upon completion I want to kill the other tween, preserve the X and Y values and feed them into a new tween as the starting X,Y coordinates. Thanks for the links I will look at them now.
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    Hi guys, Its been awhile since I posted this original question, but I have been busy honing my javascript skills and integrating GSAP into my reaction tester application. My original goal was: Not going with collision detection anymore, but I have simulated the object bouncing off the walls by 'tweening' X and Y properties of the object independently and on different time scales. This link: http://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/pen/grNLYQ shows my latest work with GSAP running the animations, I have a few questions I will ask in a moment. What I create an object, I generate random X,Y coordinates as the top/left corner where I want my object to appear. This code in 'moveTarget' function sets and runs the tween // run animation on initial target path tl.set(animTarget, {x:target.posX, y:target.posY }) .to(animTarget, secY, {y:dirY, rotation:360}, "animTarget") .to(animTarget, secX, {x:dirX}, "animTarget"); Question 1: From my understanding of the position parameter, my .to methods are ran asyncronously based on the label I have set. One of these methods will complete before the other. How do I kill the running method after the other method completes?, and are the X and Y properties preserved? as I want to be able to start another tween with the X,Y values after the tween method is killed. Question 2: The x: and y: properties of this tween are fed from my object: target.posX and target.posY How can I update update target.posX and target.posY while the tweens run? Thank you so much guys. The more I play with GSAP, the more I realize how I can use this platform to replace a lot of CSS code.
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    Jonathan, You are right, there is a a lot of code and sorry I wasn't clear enough, I am new to GSAP and this codepen I was previously referring you to is getting converted to GSAP -bit by bit. Which may be why you made a reference to me using jquery.css(). Yes I am, but not for any 'tweened' objects. Any reference to .css is after tween-animation. I will keep in mind the TweenMax.set() method. For now, I want my button tweens to use a delay for the effect. I took your advice to narrow down the problem, created a new codepen and see no evidence of a - pause - between the 2 tweens used for my button's fontSize swell and retract effect. http://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/pen/RRrYOO I am still,not sure what is causing a pause in my original codepen, For now, I will move on and look at this later. Craig, Thanks for pen link and the visualizer link. I was playing around eases in Visualizer yesterday, it works great. I think I understand how the TweenMax.to() duration and delay properties work. In my example below I want the 2nd tween to trigger immdiately after the first tween is complete, I would set 2nd tween's delay to be the time it takes to complete the 1st tween's duration. A timeline sounds like the way to go when you need to work with many effects. TweenMax.to(btn1, 0.7, { fontSize: 24, autoRound:false, ease:"Power4.easeInOut" }); TweenMax.to(btn1, 0.9, { fontSize: 20, autoRound:false, ease:"Power3.easeInOut", delay:0.7 });
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    Thanks for the tip Jonathan. So for comparison's sake I have my original codepen of fontSize animation as well as the GSAP fontsize animation The original animation uses jquery and defaults ease to a "swing" aka easeInOut (slow begin/end, fast middle) $(".btn1").animate({fontSize: "24px"},700); $(".btn1").animate({fontSize: "20px"},900); The GSAP method is shown below, the 0.7 delay on the 1st tween is the time it takes prior animations to complete that are not shown here. TweenMax.to(btn1, 0.7, { fontSize: 24, autoRound:false, ease:"Power4.easeInOut", delay:0.7 }); TweenMax.to(btn1, 0.9, { fontSize: 20, autoRound:false, ease:"Power3.easeInOut", delay:1.4 }); Original Codepen without GSAP: https://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/full/rLJPkq/ And with GSAP here: https://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/full/QEmAwZ/ I am not sure why, but the GSAP fontSize animation seems so different to the original.... its almost like there is a pause between the swell and retract effects, yet I think I have the delays set correctly. Ideas anyone? BTW: I will be showing this example ALOT as I progress with GSAP.
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    I was about to post the same question as Snoop. The RGBA acronym and CSS3 property of the same name defines the acronym as Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha. Where alpha channel is also called the opacity channel. I kept seeing the term autoAlpha in the GreenSock ActionScript API Docs and I am glad I found this discussion.
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    That fixed it. Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. Excellent.
  22. KerryRuddock
    Hi Guys, So I am re-coding my work to use the GSAP TweenMax.js library and notice that an animation effect that I had previously coded with fonts is no longer working. I have a few html <buttons> that I was using this jquery code on to make the fontsize swell and retract $(".btn1").animate({fontSize: "24px"},700); $(".btn1").animate({fontSize: "20px"},900); I switched it over to use GSAP, but this doesn't seem to work.. Sorry I don't have a codepen for this. TweenMax.to($(".btn1"), 0.7, { fontSize: 24, delay:4 }); TweenMax.to($(".btn1"), 0.9, { fontSize: 20, delay:4 }); I have only played with GSAP for less than day, but seem to have other effects working, but I am not sure why the code above doesn't work. Oh BTW, I did try the string version as shown below this line, as well. TweenMax.to($(".btn1"), 0.7, { fontSize: "24px", delay:4 }); TweenMax.to($(".btn1"), 0.9, { fontSize: "20px", delay:4 }); On a seperate note, I was reading about CSSPlugins with TweenMax, I am using version 1.8.5 of TweenMax so I don't think I need to do anything special in regards to using the CSSPlugin, in my code? Thanks for your help.
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    Thanks Carl, I will check out your links. Yeh my demo doesn't have the clickable events on balls yet, but it did illustrate the ball movement that I want to achieve when I switch over to GSAP. Thanks again.
  24. KerryRuddock
    I'm a newbie to Web Development and in the process of learning if GSAP can fill my animation needs. I am pretty sure it can. This is my second post. In my first post, I mention I am currently taking an E-course and I am in the middle of creating a javascript reaction tester application: http://codepen.io/KerryRuddock/pen/rLJPkq To view the codepen correctly, please change the View to Full Page. Click Start. A random sized and colored ball rotates around the screen based on a set of CSS keyframes: twirl This codepen is HTML, CSS and JS only, no GSAP just yet. The code is a collection of tests in CSS and Javascript. Not all of the code is used within my application, I am experimenting. Apologies for any code read-ability issues. I need to know if I can do the following with GSAP and perhaps a hint in the direction to go in. In this topic, I use the word 'tweened' to cover any object that is the middle of animation, transition, transform, keyframes, and any other time/movement speciality that I may have missed.. 1) I will be changing the reaction tester animation to GSAP I hope the switching over goes smooth. My goal is to have a 'tweened' object collision detection checking in real-time. The collision may be against a border or perhaps another 'tweened' object. I need to perform real-time interval checks of the shapes x,y position of the object during a 'tween'. Can I do this? On a mouse-event, ie. object.click(), I need to kill any tween any progress. Can I do this? On a collision-event, I need to either be-able to either a) kill 1 or more tweens and start new tweens, or modify the existing tween that is currently running. Am I able to do either a or b or both? Thanks for your time, Looking forward to your feedback.
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    A great story Craig. very humble and inspiring. I have been a forum lurker and have restarted my tech career after a 4 year absence from being a senior programmer of legacy code. Like yourself I am older and haven't had much use for javascript or anything to do with web development until I made a career decision to get back into the game and take an E-course in Web Development that I am currently taking online. I have completed HTML and CSS, sections of the E-course, but javascript section of the course is coming along deliberately slow, (At least I keep telling myself that.) (I will get to where GSAP fits in a moment) The last exercise, in my javascript section, I am required to make something called a reaction tester... The scope of the project is to create circles that display randomly on a webpage and then make the circle disappear, when the user to mouse-clicks on the circle. A reaction-time is then displayed to the user. I thought to myself, wouldn't it be cool if I could animate circles and bring this application to life. After 'googling' many topics such as css3 transitions, transforms, and animations and viewing other approaches that seemed to bulky and/or required a level of javasript sophistication that I wasn't about to achieve anytime soon. I came across GSAP. and while I haven't tried implementing GSAP into my code yet, I have watched a few GSAP videos, GSAP codepen demos, and I am lurking in the forums. GSAP looks incredible and I want to start playing with it ASAP, yes that is the correct word... PLAYING I am about to create my 2nd post in a moment to see if it is possible to achieve what I dream. (Craig, your story rightfully deserves a response, and gets my 1st post honor.) I hope that yourself, or any other GSAP Superheroes, or fellow lurkers can help me accomplish what I want to achieve with GSAP. See you very soon.
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