# ')' expected

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expected/107720>\
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**Created:** [April 18, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expected/107720 "2004-04-18T11:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![imidura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/35a633/32.png) [@imidura](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imidura)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/expected/107720/1 "2004-04-18T11:18:01Z")

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Scene=Scene 1, Layer=action, Frame=29: Line 1: ‘)’ expected  
if (q textbox = text.substring(0, q)) {

that is the error I get In this action script line. Can anyone correct me or explain what ‘)’ expected means?