undefined variable

[macca25]

Hi all,
Why do i get undefined when i use the following;

loadVariablesNum ("quotes.txt", 0); 
newquote = random(numQuotes);
_root.myquote = eval("quote" +newquote+ "txt");

Regards,
mic

[hanszorg2]

newquote = random(numQuotes);

do u think the above line in your script is correct

[pellepiano]

You will need a couple of frames before Flash has loaded the textfile, before using the variables in it..

[macca25]

Thanks for the reply.
i'm assuming it is correct. I've even tried putting in a number to replace numQuotes but it doesn't seem to work either.