increment

Examples


The increment statement allows you to increment, or increase, a numeric value by a specified amount.

Syntax

increment number {by numeric_expression}

Parameters

number – An integer, long, currency, variable currency, time or date field or variable that you want to increment.

numeric_expression – A field or variable of the same control type as the number parameter, by which number is increased. If no numeric_expression is indicated, the default increment value is 1. The following default values are supported for each numeric control type:

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Control type

Default increment value

integer

1

long

1

currency

1 currency unit

variable currency

1 currency unit

time

1 minute

date

1 day



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