# Simple AS3 question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-as3-question/273643>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 17, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-as3-question/273643 "2008-10-17T22:53:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-as3-question/273643/1 "2008-10-17T22:53:47Z")

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I am trying to make a button click change a variable …just learning about as3 and this will help me solve a bigger problem.

why does it not work

> var varOne = “test”;

stop();

btnOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click);

function click(evt:MouseEvent):void {  
varOne = “sheep go bhaa”;  
}

theCode.text = varOne;

in this is very rough code as i have no clue what I am doing