# Frame number as var?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-as-var/234041
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 30, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-as-var/234041 "2007-07-30T01:30:51Z")
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### Author: ![LeiaGraf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/leiagraf/32/3602_2.png) [@LeiaGraf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LeiaGraf)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frame-number-as-var/234041/1 "2007-07-30T01:30:51Z")

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Is there a way to get Flash to know what frame it’s on and pass that as a variable? I can’t use counters because I’m using a random frame function.

It’d make a lot of work easier!