MsgProcCountId

Syntax

MsgProcCountId(block);

block

A string specifying a block in the current Process.

Description

Counts the number of instances of the specified block in the current Process.

Returns

The number of blocks found.

Examples

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

Example 80

Script returning the number of blkB blocks.

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

MsgProcCountId("blkB"); //Returns 4

 

Example 81

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:

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

 

Example 82

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

$counter++;

...