# Jumping to scenes via variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/122263>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 12, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/122263 "2004-09-12T04:19:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![hrg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@hrg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hrg)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/122263/1 "2004-09-12T04:19:29Z")

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Any ideas on how to jump to a scene that is identified by a variable?

I’ve tried:  
New\_Scene = “Scene 3”  
gotoAndPlay ([New\_Scene],1);

and all iterations thereof… No luck.

Thanks for your help!