# gotoAndPlay - errors!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-errors/187786>\
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**Created:** [May 2, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-errors/187786 "2006-05-02T10:17:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-errors/187786/1 "2006-05-02T10:17:25Z")

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before you all shout - i am new to this so be gentle…

I have a variable set in my code navigationNum and what i want to do is gotoAndPlay a scene of that number.

So for example with out the variable name it would be:

\_root.gotoAndPlay(“1”);

what i want to do and cant figure out is

\_root.gotoAndPlay(navigationNum); but for it to go to “1”.

It might seam really basic but i am struggling ☹