MsgCountId

Syntax

MsgCountId(block);

block

A string specifying a block.

Description

Counts the number of instances of the specified block in the Message.

Returns

The number of blocks found.

Examples

In the following examples, the Message contains the blocks blkA, blkB, and blkC structured as shown in the figure below.

Example 62

Script returning the number of blkB blocks.

The following script returns the number of blkB blocks in the Message:

MsgCountId("blkB"); //Returns 4

 

Example 63

Script returning the number of blkB blocks in the first instance of block blkA.

The following script returns the number of blkB blocks in the first instance of block blkA:

MsgCountId("blkA:1/blkB"); //Returns 2

 

Example 64

Script returning the number of blkB blocks in the N:th instance of block blkA.

The following script sample includes a counter to specify the N:th instance of block blkA:

...

$counter = 1;

$blkBinA = MsgCountId("blkA:" + $counter + "/blkB");

$counter++;

...