st: Counter [was: various digressive and meandering threads]

["Nick Cox" <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

A counter is implemented like this:  

1. Initialisation before code that loops 

	local count = 0 

2. Incrementation within code that loops 

	local count = `count' + 1 

OR 

	local ++count 

3. Display when you want it -- _either_ within the loop _or_ after it, depending on what 
you want. 

	di `count' 

OR 

	di "optional text " `count' 

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

Katia Bobulova

could you please explain me how to put a counter? If it is not too
complicated of course.


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