# Replaying a Single Frame

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replaying-a-single-frame/204563>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replaying-a-single-frame/204563 "2006-10-20T20:59:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/replaying-a-single-frame/204563/1 "2006-10-20T20:59:47Z")

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This question seems very elementary, and I’m surprised that after using Flash for a few years, I’ve never come across an ideal solution. I’ve come up with several satisfactory ways to work around the issue, but never a direct solution. Anyway…the question - How can I replay a single frame until some condition is met? For example (I realize this is not practical and could be handled with a for loop, but just for the sake of simplicity):

Frame 20  
if (c == 1000){  
trace(“i’m done”);  
stop();  
}  
else{  
c++;  
gotoAndPlay(20); // \<-- I realize this doesn’t work, but it’s the idea I want  
}

How can I accomplish this without adding an extra movie clip or using 2 frames? Thanks.