How to loop x amount of times

Hello all!

I've got a symbol that I want to loop 3 times on the main stage.

I think I've figured some of this out but don't know how to write the code (I'm working on learning!), or if there is a better way :-)

I was thinking of putting somethiing similar to the code below in the "onComplete" action of the symbol I want to loop (I know the code is wrong but I think it is a bit close):

var l_count = (0+1);

if (l_count <= 3) {

          sym.play();

          sym.setVariable("l_count", $l_count + 1)

} else {

          sym.stop();

}

Is this close, or is there a better way to go about this?

thanks for your help!

James