My animated sprite wont play when action just pressed

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so ive been working on an attack but when the action is pressed it plays one frame and stops heres the code if it helps
func attack():
var overlaping_object = $attack_area.get_overlapping_areas()

for area in overlaping_object:
	var parent  = area.get_parent()
	print(parent.name)
	
attacking = true
if attacking == true:
	sprite_2d.animation = "attack"
else:
	sprite_2d.animation = "idle"
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Do you play other animations like running/walking/idle every frame in a _physics_process or _process function?

3

OHHHHHHHHHHH my bad i put the animation in the wrong place sorry about that