# Passing parameters to a function

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-parameters-to-a-function/288177>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 12, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-parameters-to-a-function/288177 "2009-05-12T14:41:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![lope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@lope](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lope)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-parameters-to-a-function/288177/1 "2009-05-12T14:41:06Z")

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I have a hard time getting this 😃  
I am doing this right?

```auto
var whichXML:String = "category1";

loadFirstTime(whichXML);

function loadFirstTime(whichXML:String):void {
    XMLLoader = new URLLoader();
    XMLLoader.load(new URLRequest(whichXML + ".xml"));
}

```