How to run two instances of the same function???

Hello every1,
I'm making a clone of arkanoid. Now when a brick is hit, apowerup falls down. The powerup reached half way, when another brick is hit and another powerup falls down. I wanna know, how can i manage both the powerUp?? How achieve this. Have i made myself clear.

Create an array for all the powerups.

You`ll need an array, as one varaible can`t be two things at once.
Ex:

VB Code:

dim x(0 to 4)
sub command1_click(llallala)
x(0) = 1
x(1) = x*2
x(2) = 3
x(3) = x(3)+1
x(4) = 24
for a = 0 to 4
msgbox x(a)
next a
end sub

Instead of having it to be preset in the For statement use a static variable. Then you can make it increment with each hit, and decrement when the powerup hits the bottom(you will still need an array, this just allows you to have more than 5 like in the example).

I was just giving an example of how variable arrays could be used ;) in case he didn't know what they were.