boolean anztrue = (snakeanz>=1); for(int anz = 1; anz<=snakeanz; anz++) { if(anztrue) { for(int pos =6; pos <= (snakeanz*6); pos+=6) { snakexpos[anz] = snakexpos[0]; snakeypos[anz] = snakeypos[0]-pos;//i want: snakeypos[1]=snakeypos[0]-6 and snakeypos[2]=snakeypos[0]-(2*6) and snakeypos[3]=snakeypos[0]-(3*6) and so on. Rectangle[anz]=new Rectangle(snakexpos[anz],snakeypos[anz],6,6); canvas.draw(snakename[anz],"black",Rectangle[anz]); } } }