Including a counter in a script ?

[wazza99]

I would like to include a counter in a script so i can measure how many times a call has, for example had a message played, so that if it has had it 4 times i can route off somewhere else. Can't for the life in me find what command i would use. I can guess i need a call variable starting at zero, but what command would make it increase by 1 each time ??

 

[captaingadget]

There are a number ways and as you have said you need to create a call variable with a value in it, something like this: call variable loop_count with a value of 4

SECTION loop

ASSGIGN loop_count - 1 TO loop_count /* this deducts 1 from 4 */

IF loop_count = 0 THEN

ROUTE CALL xxxxxx

END IF

do your normal holding loop stuff here

EXECUTE loop


This will execute the loop until the loop_count call variable reaches 0, the call will then route away.

 

[wazza99]

Thanks for that but i can't get this to validate i get..

Line: 3 Position: 19 Code: 55 Error: Invalid type (left-hand-side) in Subtraction operation.
Line: 3 Position: 1 Code: 92 Error: Incompatible types in assignment statement.

Any more ideas ?

 

[Jeff325]

Did you create the variable? is it type DN?

 

[mickfish]

I always do it the other way.

ASSIGN 0 TO loop_count_cv

SECTION loop
ASSIGN (loop_count_cv + 1) TO loop_count_cv

IF loop_count = 4 THEN
ROUTE CALL xxxxxx
END IF

do your normal holding loop stuff here

EXECUTE loop

Again, you must have an Integer call variable named loop_count_cv (or whatever you want to call it) with a value in it. It doesn't really matter what value you put in because you are changing it to what you want when you do the ASSIGN command.

Hope that helps!

 

[wazza99]

Thanks sorted now, the variable i created was DN changed it to integer now works.

 

[Jeff325]

Yup, you can't add or subtract DNS