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RobC
RobC

Reputation: 1415

Is it possible to count in MSBuild?

All I'm doing is trying to keep track of the number of times a certain target gets called. Is it possible to do this using msbuild?

EDIT:

I tried doing something like this: 

<Message Text ="The sum of $(NumberOne) and $(NumberTwo) is $([MsBuild]::Add($(NumberOne),$(NumberTwo))"/>

but that didn't work either. My output was The sum of 2 and 3 is $([MsBuild]::Add($(NumberOne),$(NumberTwo))

As for the suggestion to use an Item: I guess I could use some more information. I did some reading on Items, but don't see how they can be used as integers. It looks as thought they're for file collections.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1607

Answers (2)

Alexey Shcherbak
Alexey Shcherbak

Reputation: 3454

And your example work fine, you just have mistake in class name: it should be [MSBuild], not [MsBuild]

<Message Text ="The sum of $(NumberOne) and $(NumberTwo) is $([MSBuild]::Add($(NumberOne), $(NumberTwo)))">

Upvotes: 3

schulz
schulz

Reputation: 71

Yes there is. Create an item and then use Math.Add to increment it:

<Math.Add Numbers="$(ITEM);1">
    <Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="ITEM"/>
</Math.Add>

Upvotes: 1

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