# Please help with my Boolean data type

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-my-boolean-data-type/240546>\
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**Created:** [October 3, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-my-boolean-data-type/240546 "2007-10-03T21:22:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![lariat1997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df705f/32.png) [@lariat1997](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lariat1997)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-with-my-boolean-data-type/240546/1 "2007-10-03T21:22:56Z")

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Feel like an idiot right now…why is my boolean not work?  
[AS]  
showHideBG\_mc.text\_mc.onRelease = function()  
{  
var \_click:Boolean = true;  
//\_click = true;  
if(\_click)  
{  
trace(“hit”);  
showHideBG\_mc.gotoAndPlay(2);  
}  
else  
{  
trace(“hitMe”)  
showHideBG\_mc.gotoAndPlay(11);  
}  
}  
[/AS]