# Play a user set number of frames?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-a-user-set-number-of-frames/277244>\
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**Created:** [December 9, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-a-user-set-number-of-frames/277244 "2008-12-09T21:21:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![autumnmedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@autumnmedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/autumnmedia)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-a-user-set-number-of-frames/277244/1 "2008-12-09T21:21:18Z")

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Hi i am passing in a variable using flashvars,  
i then want a movieclip in my swf to play to whatever frame the number in the flash var is  
any suggestions?

```auto
//flashvars="var1=val1&amp;var2=val2$var3=val3";
//display('flashvars="var1=val1&amp;var2=val2$var3=val3"');
var top:Number = var1;
display("var1 = "+ top);

var right1:Number = var2;
display("var2 = "+ var2);

var right2:Number = var3;
display("var3 = "+ var3);

var right3:Number = var4;
display("var4 = "+ var4);

var right4:Number = var5;
display("var4 = "+ var5);

var bottom:Number = var6;
display("var4 = "+ var6);

var left1:Number = var7;
display("var4 = "+ var7);

var left2:Number = var8;
display("var4 = "+ var8);

var left3:Number = var9;
display("var4 = "+ var9);

var left4:Number = var10;
display("var4 = "+ var10);

function display(todisplay:String){
    feedback.text += todisplay+"
";
    trace(todisplay);
    colours.topS. //need code here to set the movieclip topS to play to a certain frame
}

```

i just want to play to var top whatever number that may be