beginner question re: counters

beginner question re: counters

[Matthew Huggett]

Hi:

I apologize for asking such a basic question.  What is the correct way 
to increment a counter such that each time a macro is used, the counter 
is augmented by 1.  So far,  I have \newcount\MyCounter and have tried 
\advance\MyCounter by1 and a few other things I found online,  but 
whenever I try to increase its value by 1, all references to it's value 
return 1.  Not a particularly useful counter ;-) . 

Thanks,

Matt

Re: beginner question re: counters

[Pawel Jackowski na Onet]

> I apologize for asking such a basic question.  What is the correct way 
> to increment a counter such that each time a macro is used, the counter 
> is augmented by 1.  So far,  I have \newcount\MyCounter and have tried 
> \advance\MyCounter by1 and a few other things I found online,  but 
> whenever I try to increase its value by 1, all references to it's value 
> return 1.  Not a particularly useful counter ;-) . 

Hmmm... It can happens for many reasons. 
Try for instance

\global\advance\MyCounter by 1\relax 
\the\MyCounter

%  \relax is not always obligatory but treat it as a goode habit

sorry (off topic)

[Pawel Jackowski na Onet]

Hi

> %  \relax is not always obligatory but treat it as a goode habit

^^^^^

What I wanted to say by 'goode'? Sorry for that... I sent it too fast.
Sorry for any other mistakes in my messages. Belive me, it's not my
negligence.
I work hard on it...

Pawe/l

Re: sorry (off topic)

[Tobias Burnus]

Hello,

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 11:10:37PM +0200, Pawel Jackowski na Onet wrote:
> > %  \relax is not always obligatory but treat it as a goode habit
> What I wanted to say by 'goode'?
While it is not an English word (says the Oxford English Dictionary)
there is
  Goode, Richard (Stephen)
  (b NY, 1943). Amer. pianist. Début NY 1962 (NY Young Concert Artists).
  Eur. début Spoleto Fest. 1964. Member of Boston Symphony Chamber Players
  1967-9 and of Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center, NY, 1969-79 and 1983-9.
  Won 1st prize Clara Haskil comp. 1973. Wide repertory and has recorded
  complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas.
  (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music.)

Doesn't sound too bad ;)

Tobias

Re: sorry (off topic)

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

>>> %  \relax is not always obligatory but treat it as a goode habit
>> What I wanted to say by 'goode'?
> While it is not an English word (says the Oxford English Dictionary)
> there is
>   Goode, Richard (Stephen)

And it is a olde(!) english form of "good" as well, medieval I think.

Grüßlis vom Hraban!
-- 
http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

Re: beginner question re: counters

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hi,

Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> writes:

>> I apologize for asking such a basic question.  What is the correct way 
>> to increment a counter such that each time a macro is used, the counter 
>> is augmented by 1.  


"Pawel Jackowski na Onet" <jackos1@poczta.onet.pl> writes:


> Hmmm... It can happens for many reasons. 
> Try for instance
> ...

General remark (not really concerning this thread):

It would be nice if the original posters would comment answers like
this one if this works fine or not. Since these mails are archived,
other people might come across this post and wonder if this is a good
solution or not. 


Just my $50^{-1}$ Euro

Patrick

-- 
Silent is the goldfish in its bowl

Re: Re: beginner question re: counters

[Matthew Huggett]

Patrick Gundlach wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> writes:
>
>  
>
>>>I apologize for asking such a basic question.  What is the correct way 
>>>to increment a counter such that each time a macro is used, the counter 
>>>is augmented by 1.  
>>>      
>>>
>
>
>"Pawel Jackowski na Onet" <jackos1@poczta.onet.pl> writes:
>
>
>  
>
>>Hmmm... It can happens for many reasons. 
>>Try for instance
>>...
>>    
>>
>
>General remark (not really concerning this thread):
>
>It would be nice if the original posters would comment answers like
>this one if this works fine or not. Since these mails are archived,
>other people might come across this post and wonder if this is a good
>solution or not. 
>
>
>Just my $50^{-1}$ Euro
>
>Patrick
>
>  
>
Yeah, the solution worked.  Just to recap:
What I wanted was a macro and counter such that each time the macro gets 
used the counter gets augmented + 1.
The solution was:
\newcount\MyCounter
\define[1]\MyMacro{
    \global\advance\MyCounter by 1 \relax
    \number\MyCounter #1}

\starttext
\MyMacro{Hello}
\MyMacro{Goodbye}
\MyMacro{Hello again}
\stoptext
--> 1Hello 2Goodbye 3Hello again

Matt

Re: Re: beginner question re: counters

[Pawel Jackowski na Onet]

"Patrick Gundlach" <pg@levana.de> writes:


> [...]
> It would be nice if the original posters would comment answers like
> this one if this works fine or not. Since these mails are archived,
> other people might come across this post and wonder if this is a good
> solution or not. 
> 
> 
> Just my $50^{-1}$ Euro

Ok, I will do my best to comment messages in more readable way.



Pawe/l

Re: Re: beginner question re: counters

[Hans Hagen]

At 00:04 22/09/2003 +0900, you wrote:

>\newcount\MyCounter
>\define[1]\MyMacro{
>    \global\advance\MyCounter by 1 \relax
>    \number\MyCounter #1}
>
>\starttext
>\MyMacro{Hello}
>\MyMacro{Goodbye}
>\MyMacro{Hello again}
>\stoptext
>--> 1Hello 2Goodbye 3Hello again

or, using pseudo counters:

\define[1]\MyMacro
   {\doglobal\increment\MyCounter
    \MyCounter#1}

or even

\define\MyCounter{\doglobal\increment\MyCounter\MyCounter}

Hans
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