# \_currentframe used in conditional statement

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-currentframe-used-in-conditional-statement/201913>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 26, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-currentframe-used-in-conditional-statement/201913 "2006-09-26T07:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![junkerjorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@junkerjorg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/junkerjorg)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-currentframe-used-in-conditional-statement/201913/1 "2006-09-26T07:46:24Z")

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Can the \_currentframe be used in a conditional statement such as;

```auto
if (_currentframe >= 285) {
  trace ("285");
}

```