variables if statement

[cheekyboy]

Hello

Can anyone help - I have a movie which loads a variable in from a TXT file (&intro=y)

loadVariablesNum ("intro.txt", 0);

which is loading fine as i can get the value back using dynamic text - however I want to write a script that says if intro = y then go to frame 3 else if intro = no goto frame 200 this is the script i have written but nothing seems to happen

if (intro = "n") {
gotoAndPlay (200);
} else if (intro = "y") {
gotoAndPlay (3);
}
I have not really used actionscipt before so any help is much appreciated

[Little Ben]

Try this (use == to test equality):

if (intro == "n") {
gotoAndPlay (200);
} else if (intro == "y") {
gotoAndPlay (3);
}

[cheekyboy]

Thanks - I've tried that but still no change any more ideas?

[Paul Clarke]

if (intro eq "n") {
gotoAndPlay (200);
} else if (intro eq "y") {
gotoAndPlay (3);
}

Try setting intro to a value at the start.

Are you posting any variables to it?
I have found that some versions of IE 5.5 mainly can't handle this function correctly, don't know why

If anyone can help with that problem I would apreciate it.

[cheekyboy]

Thanks Paul - Yes when I enter a value for intro at the start it works - however I worked round it a different way in the end - as the movie is part of an authorware project - I got the Authorware movie to send the variable to the flash object using the flash asset xtra - bit long winded - but saves having to use a text file - would also work if using Director.

Thanks again for your attention