Syntax

	count($stop)

count($start, $stop)

count($start, $stop, $step)

Description

Creates a list with numbers from start (inclusive) to stop (exclusive). If only one argument is specified, start is automatically set to 0. If the optional argument step is specified, this determines the increment between the numbers in the list.

Parameters

name	Type	Type Description	Mandatory	Default
start	Number	The start value of the count. The number will be added to the list.	no	0
stop	Number	The end value of the count. The number won't be added to the list.	yes
step	Number	The increment to be used for counting up. Only whole numbers are permitted, although these can also be negative.	no	1 (start < stop), -1 (start > stop)

Return value

Type: Set

A set with all the numbers in the count.

Examples

Count without increment

	count(10)

Output: A list with the elements [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].

Counting with increment

count(10, step: 2)

Output: A list with the elements [0, 2, 4, 6, 8].

Counting with negative increment

count(10, 0, -2)

Output: A list with the elements [10, 8, 6, 4, 2].

Descending count

count(10, 0)

Output: A list with the elements [10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1].