# How to check if a sprite overlaps a sprite of kind enemy inside a function?

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**Created:** [May 1, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-check-if-a-sprite-overlaps-a-sprite-of-kind-enemy-inside-a-function/19528 "2023-05-01T00:04:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Samsano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/samsano/32/8307_2.png) [@Samsano](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Samsano)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-check-if-a-sprite-overlaps-a-sprite-of-kind-enemy-inside-a-function/19528/1 "2023-05-01T00:04:49Z")

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I am trying to check if my sprite overlaps a sprite of kind chessPieceWhite or chessPieceBlack inside a function, is this possible?

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**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-check-if-a-sprite-overlaps-a-sprite-of-kind-enemy-inside-a-function/19528/2 "2023-05-01T16:56:17Z")

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I would use an if statement like this:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/a/aa74d343a9e843b79093f3fc48e2639b365cba91.png)  
There is probably a smaller way but this is what I usually do.