count

COUNT

The count module increments or decrements a counter by am integer quantity. A negative value of increment will decrease the value of the counter.

Prompt	Valid Entry	Default
Counter Name	Individual Counter, Counter Set Member, Static Name, Attribute, Expression.	Individual Counter
Counter	Symbol Name [Counters]	Required
Counter Set	Symbol Name [Counter Sets]	Required
Set Index	Expression truncated to Integer	Required
Static	Symbol Name [Statics]	Required
Attribute	Symbol Name [Attributes]	Required
Expression	Expression	Required
Increment	Expression truncated to Integer	1

Examples

Prompt	Value
Counter	Jobs Completed
Increment	-1

Each time an entity passes this module the counter 'Jobs Completed' is decremented by 1

Prompt	Value
Counter Name	Counter Set Member
Counter Set	PartCSet
Set Index	Part_type
Increment	2

This example assumes that a counter set 'PartCSet' has been defined using the SETS module. When an entity arrives at this module the entity attribute Part_Type is inspected and the appropriate counter in the set is incremented by 2