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- .so man.macros
- .HS incr tcl
- .BS
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- .SH NAME
- incr \- Increment the value of a variable
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBincr \fIvarName \fR?\fIincrement\fR?
- .BE
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- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- Increments the value stored in the variable whose name is \fIvarName\fR.
- The value of the variable must be an integer.
- If \fIincrement\fR is supplied then its value (which must be an
- integer) is added to the value of variable \fIvarName\fR; otherwise
- 1 is added to \fIvarName\fR.
- The new value is stored as a decimal string in variable \fIvarName\fR
- and also returned as result.
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- .SH KEYWORDS
- add, increment, variable, value
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