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## count

count — Get the next value from a counter.

## Description

Plugin opcode in counter.

Get the next value from a counter by adding the increment and keeping the counter in the declared range.

## Syntax

    kval count icnt

## Initialization

icnt -- the handle of a counter object from a call to cntCreate.

## Performance

Calculate the next value from the counter object and return that value.

kval -- returned value.

## Examples

Here is an example of the count opcode. It uses the file counter.csd.

Example 165. Example of the count opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    -odac -Mhw:1,0,0
    </CsOptions>

    <CsInstruments>
     gicnt cntCreate 1     ; a toggle
     gicntNote cntCreate 1 ; ignore note-off message to turn MIDI notes into toggles

    instr 1

    kkey sensekey

    inote notnum

    if (kkey == 97) then
     k1 count gicnt
     if k1==0 then
      event "i", 2, 0, -1
     else
      event "d", 2, 0, -1
     endif
    endif

    print  inote
    if (inote == 60) then
     i2 count_i gicntNote
     print i2
     if i2==0 then
      event_i "i", 3, 0, -1
     else
      event_i "d", 3, 0, -1
     endif
    endif
    endin

    instr 2
    asig oscil 10000, 440
    out asig
    endin

    instr 3
    asig oscil 5000, 880
    out asig
    endin

    </CsInstruments>

    <CsScore>
    i1 0 z
    e

    </CsScore>

    </CsoundSynthesizer>

## See Also

cntCreate count_i cntCycles cntRead cntReset cntState

## Credits

By: John ffitch June 2020

New in version 6.15

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