/hinc Command - mIRC

The /hinc command increases the value of a key by [num]. If the value is not specified, the default value is 1.0.

Synopsis

/hinc [-mszu#] <table> <key> [num] 
/hinc -b[cmszu#] <table> <key> <&bvar>

Switches

-m - Creates the hash table if it does not exist
-s - Displays the assignment information
-b - Treats the value as a binary variable
-c - Truncates the &bvar at the first null value
-z - Decreases the value by 1.0 every second; stops at zero
-u# - Removes the key/value after # seconds

Parameters

<table> - The handle name of the table to operate on
<key> - The key associated with the value
[num] - The value to decrease the value by
<&bvar> - The binary variable value to decrease the value by

Example

Example 1:

alias example {
  ;create the table
  hmake -s example
 
  ;add a few items
  hadd example item1 4
  hadd example item2 7
  hadd example item3 9
 
  ; print the items
  echo -a item1 = $hget(example, item1)
  echo -a item2 = $hget(example, item2)
  echo -a item3 = $hget(example, item3)
 
  ; increase the values
  hinc example item1 5
  hinc example item2 12
  hinc example item3 1
  
  echo -e -
 
  ; print the items
  echo -a item1 = $hget(example, item1)
  echo -a item2 = $hget(example, item2)
  echo -a item3 = $hget(example, item3)
 
  ;cleanup
  hfree -s example
}

A counter example:

alias countup {
  ;adds the item up with a value of 0 to the table count
  hadd -m count up 0
  echo -a $hget(count,up) $+ !
  :repeat
  ;checks if the value of down returns true
  if ($hget(count,up) < 9) {
    ;increases down by 1
    hinc count up
    ;echos the current count
    echo -a $hget(count,up) $+ !
    ;repeats
    goto repeat
  }
  ;if the previous if statement returns false it carries on with this.
  else echo -a 10, done!
  hfree -s count
}

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v6.0
Added on: 03 Feb 2002
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.