# Help about AS .choose

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-about-as-choose/263676>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 18, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-about-as-choose/263676 "2008-06-18T08:49:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhtahir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mhtahir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mhtahir)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-about-as-choose/263676/1 "2008-06-18T08:49:24Z")

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Hi,  
i don’t know much about action script.  
what is mean of this

\_root.choose = “contacts”;

and  
gotoAndPlay (\_root.choose);

view page  
[http://www.flashvault.net/tutorial.asp?ID=139](http://www.flashvault.net/tutorial.asp?ID=139)

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**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-about-as-choose/263676/2 "2008-06-18T09:30:08Z")

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that would mean

tell variable “choose” to contain “contacts”

tell timeline to goto “choose” which is “contacts”

it gotoandplay “contacts”

it allows you to use the same code but tell it different things

ie if you tell “choose” to be “admin”

then the code will goto page “admin”