# How to name a save?

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-name-a-save/17753 "2020-02-11T21:05:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-name-a-save/17753/2 "2020-02-11T21:10:18Z")

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Hello,

Try this:

> [@Renaming PDF generated files](https://discourse.processing.org/t/renaming-pdf-generated-files/16164):
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> Unable to find the answer to this in REFERENCE section. I have a very simple program to generate random color block overlaps. Currently set up to record a PDF of each instance when code runs. How do I generate a new name for the PDF each time code is run (otherwise it’s the same file name each time and overwrites the previous PDF file)? CURRENT CODE BELOW: import processing.pdf.\*; float randomH1 = random(300, 400); void setup() { size (400, 600); noLoop(); beginRecord(PDF, "filenam…

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