Beginner Tutorial #2 - Mystery Code

[Meaty Okra]

I downloaded the file for Beginner Tutorial #2 with the mice. I get the line of code that throws the mouse names into the field, but what's the deal with this line:

/:target =_target;

I deleted it and the movie worked fine. So what's it's purpose?

[Jesse]

That sets a root level variable called 'target' to the full path to the movieclip: _level0.movieClipInstanceName . I may have added it without reason... sorry :)