Hi Nmuta,
Don't know why the [ ] worked for you but I think what you need is the value( )
command.
ie.
put value("random(5)")
or
gVariable="Hi there"
put value("gVariable")
--"Hi there"
hth
Rob
Nmuta Jones wrote:
>
> The variable from Flash was random(5). when I passed that through, I got
> "random(5)". but it's funny, in the message window, I did
>
> put NumberNew and I got -- "random(5)"
> but then
> put [NumberNew] gave me 3.
>
> so it worked that way.
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