# Jumping to scenes via variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/63983>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 12, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/63983 "2004-09-12T04:19:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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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/63983/1 "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!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/63983/2 "2004-09-12T06:28:16Z")

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I’m not sure because I’ve never tried it, but why would you want to do that?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/63983/3 "2004-09-12T09:47:46Z")

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You ca jump to frames by vars idon’t know what s wrong with it?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/63983/4 "2004-09-12T12:04:31Z")

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The reason I want to be able to do this is so that I can move to a scene based upon the user’s input. I’ve attached a very simple example of what i would like to be able to do. The scenes are ordered 1 - 3 - 2; the button in scene 1 SHOULD take you to scene 2 - but…

Thanks  
HRG

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/63983/5 "2004-09-13T08:48:35Z")

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if you want to jump through variables why dont you try giving a frame name?  
like give meaningful frame name to scene 1 on frame 1  
try it

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-to-scenes-via-variables/63983/6 "2004-09-13T12:25:23Z")

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Tanvi, and the others that have had a look at this, - thanks for the idea but I’m still unable to jump to a scene whose name is contained in a variable. This should not be this hard! Any ideas would sure be appreciated.

Thanks

(attached is code w/Tanvi’s idea)