Using SetVariable for counters? [solved]

[noeinan]

I'm trying to get a button action that will take a variable, say, time_cnt, and then set that variable to time_cnt + 1.

However, it seems to me that SetVariable accepts variables as a string and does not take in their value? Or at least I haven't had much success figuring it out... Is it possible to use SetVariable as a time counter? And if so, what is the proper syntax of that?

This is what I tried, but it didn't work:

Code: Select all

SetVariable("time_cnt", time_cnt + 1)

[neowired]

Code: Select all

textbutton "[varA]" action SetVariable('varA',varA+1)

This definitely works, you must be getting an error somewhere else. (Of course you also need to declare the variable first)

[noeinan]

Code: Select all

textbutton "[varA]" action SetVariable('varA',varA+1)

This definitely works, you must be getting an error somewhere else. (Of course you also need to declare the variable first)

When I added only that, it gave me an error, then I removed it and it started working again. Now I just tried it again and suddenly it works? XD No idea why, but I'm not complaining. I must have had a typo somewhere.