Cadence SKILL question

[fancysky]

shapeType = "rect"
if ( shapeType == "rect"
then
println( "Shape is a rectangle" )
++rectCount
else
println( "Shape is not a rectangle" )
++miscCount
)

What's mean of lines by red?Thanks.

 

[trav1s]

It increments the rectCount variable every time a rect shapeType is passed to the block of code. Every time a shapeType that is not a rect is passed to the block, the variable miscCount is incremented.

 

[Somashekhar]

count++ >> Increments the current value of count after count has been referenced.

++count >> Increments the current value of count before count is referenced.

 

[fancysky]

"++rectCount" counts the number of the rect only, and it has no effect on the code,just continue to count,isn't it?
I am beginning to learn SKILL.Maybe it's a silly question,but thanks for your help very much.

 

[Somashekhar]

fancysky,

Skill is very handy scripting language. Go ahead and learn it.