making a variable a frameLabel inside a gotoAndPlay() 1

[fiuPikeOY]

Hello,

what is the syntax for gotoAndPlay(frameLabel) if frameLabel is a variable. See my labels are numbers, so when frameLabel is 3, I need it to go to the frame labeled 3, and not frame #3. Make sense? How can I do this?

Thanks

 

[oldnewbie]

You shouldn't be using number only labels, or at least not starting off with a number, thus...

my_var = "label3";

gotoAndPlay(my_var);

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[fiuPikeOY]

The thing is that the navigation increments when the user clicks next. So when the user clicks next, steps = step + 1, and if you were on step 2, now it should take you to the frame labeled 3. Does this make sense? Can I still use a number?

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[oldnewbie]

So if I understand you correctly, if I take intro.swf as an example, it's supposed to have 3 steps, so 1/3 then if I press the next button, it should go to 2/3, then 3/3, then on to navigation which has four steps, right?

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[fiuPikeOY]

that is correct...

And I just solved the problem by changing the label to L1, L2, L3...

then, after step = step + 1, I added

frameToGo = "L" + step
gotoAndPlay(frameToGo)

That solved the problem.

Like always, you led me to the solution.
Thanks a million.