# Dynamic text field variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-field-variables/162259>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 11, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-field-variables/162259 "2005-09-11T14:25:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![onemhunki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@onemhunki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onemhunki)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-field-variables/162259/1 "2005-09-11T14:25:11Z")

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Folks,

I have a movie where a variable named daysleft will be loaded from an external text file into a dynamic text box, this bit works fine.

But I then need the movieclip “numbers” to gotoAndStop to the frame number imported via the variable daysleft. Although daysleft displays on the screen a trace(daysleft); says the variable is undefined.

Any idea how I can acheive what I’m trying to do.

Cheers all.