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Variable - Increment |
<AMVARIABLE ACTIVITY="increment" RESULTVARIABLE="text" AMOUNT="number" /> |
Description:
Increments a variable's value by the specified amount. The variable must contain a valid number. If the variable's initial value is blank, zero is assumed.
Used to increase the value of a "counter" variable. Normally, counters are used inside of a loop. To decrease a variable's value, use the Decrement variable activity.
General
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Variable to increment |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
RESULTVARIABLE="thecurrentdate" |
The name of the variable that contains the value to increment. The variable must contain a valid number. If the variable's initial value is blank, zero is assumed. |
Amount |
Text |
No |
1 |
AMOUNT="5" |
The value that the variable should be increased by. |
All variables must be created before they can be used. This is done using the Create Variable action. Once created, variables can be set using the Set Variable action, or by certain actions that support populating variables. To get data out of the variables in any action parameter, simply surround the variable name with percentage % signs (e.g.,%varname%). Remember not to use percentage signs when specifying the name of a variable to populate, percentage signs are only needed to get data out.
NOTE: The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps panel of the Task Builder. |
Description: This sample task Increments the specified variable's initial value of 0 by 10 during each loop.
<AMVARIABLE NAME="thecounter">0</AMVARIABLE> <AMLOOP TOTALLOOPS="10"> <AMINCREMENTVARIABLE RESULTVARIABLE="thecounter" AMOUNT="10" /> <AMSHOWDIALOG WINDOWTITLE="CURRENT VALUE">Current Value is %thecounter%.</AMSHOWDIALOG> </AMLOOP>
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