# "NaN" what the heck does that mean?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nan-what-the-heck-does-that-mean/52473>\
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**Created:** [May 24, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nan-what-the-heck-does-that-mean/52473 "2004-05-24T13:08:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![natronp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@natronp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/natronp)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nan-what-the-heck-does-that-mean/52473/1 "2004-05-24T13:08:13Z")

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okay, i’m trying to make the photo gallery (the one from the kirupa tutes). it loads the first image okay. when I click on the next button i get  
“Nan” repeating in the output window (test movie).

anybody know what the heck that means?

thanks