# Suggestion please, return value

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suggestion-please-return-value/269969>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 3, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suggestion-please-return-value/269969 "2008-09-03T17:57:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![gnrlbzik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@gnrlbzik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gnrlbzik)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suggestion-please-return-value/269969/1 "2008-09-03T17:57:39Z")

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```auto

var slidesX:XML;
var picList:XMLList;

var testS:String = "var";

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
loader.load(new URLRequest("xml-swf-images.xml"));

function onComplete(e:Event):String
{
    slidesX = new XML(loader.data);
    picList = slidesX.image;
    trace(picList[1]);
    trace(picList[1].src.text());
    trace(picList[1].src.toString());
    testS = picList[1].src.toString();
    trace("Test " + testS);
    return testS;
}

    trace("TestOUT " + testS);

```

so i am trying to return value from onComplete function so that i can use use it in what ever way, but that aint happening : ( what am i doing wrong?

thank you