# Need help with variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-variables/83571>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 20, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-variables/83571 "2005-03-20T05:30:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-variables/83571/1 "2005-03-20T05:30:57Z")

</div>

I want to make it so if they have no lives left it goes to the main menu here is the code i have…  
Code:

[left] if (\_root.lives == -1) { gotoAndStop(“1”);} [/left]  
\</PRE\>

Can anyone tell me what I have done wrong?