# Begginner programmer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/begginner-programmer/94549>\
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**Created:** [November 13, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/begginner-programmer/94549 "2003-11-13T22:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c6cbf5/32.png) [@zeka](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zeka)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/begginner-programmer/94549/1 "2003-11-13T22:55:55Z")

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Hey! I’ve been writing my first piece of actionscript (without copying and pasting it or typeing it exactly the same as somewhere else) but there is a problem. I have a movieclip called man with the instance name of man. now inside the movieclip ive got two layers: LAYER 1 and CONTROL. on LAYER 1 there are 4 keyframes (showing the guy kicking) and on frame 1 and 4 of the layer CONTROL there are stop actions to prevent the guy from continuously kicking. i want him to kick when the right key is pressed so this is the code i put on the first frame of my movie:

stop();

onClipEvent (load) {}

if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {}  
\_root “man” (gotoAndPlay) (2);

I havent got the slightest idea why this isnt working because of my knowledge of actionscript (basically none).

could someone please tell me wut is wrong?

Thanks a heap! 🙂 🙂 🙂