# AS2 - Actionscript 2 help needed

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-actionscript-2-help-needed/281069>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 4, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-actionscript-2-help-needed/281069 "2009-02-04T15:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Germain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Saint\_Germain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Saint_Germain)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-actionscript-2-help-needed/281069/1 "2009-02-04T15:42:50Z")

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Hi,

I’m fairly new to Flash and very new to Actionscript, and am working on an example file, in order to increase my knowledge of the subject. There is a piece of Actionscript that I have no idea what it does - would anybody be so kind enough to have a look and see if you can shed some light on the matter…?!

The AS is as follows:

stop();  
var interval:Number = setInterval(function () { play();clearInterval(interval);  
}, 10000);

Thanks!