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My EE is:
v2.1.1 - © Copyright Notice 2003 - 2010 EllisLab, Inc.
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According to this user guide:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/variables.html#var_count
The count module should start with 0 as the first number. My {count} starts with the number 1. I need it to start at zero. Is there anyway for me to change it so it will start at zero - or can I set some sort of variable that will subtract from it {count}-1 (you get the idea)?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Seth

Hi Seth,

You’re about a year behind on your installation; can you upgrade to 2.1.3 and see if that resolves the issue?

Hi Seth,

Count starts at 1, not zero. As the docs say,

...for the fourth entry the {count} variable would have a value of “4”.

Since EE is working as expected, I can move this over to the CodeShare Corner if you still need help with a alternative. Let me know!

Seth, you could have a look at MX Calculator, by Max Lazar. It receives mention often for things like this.

EE is not a programming language, and it will give fits to someone used to those for a while. You also have embedded PHP available when needed, and can generally get it to work as intended with EE’s parsing order.

Still, a plugin which will do math and return a value usable at the stage EE evaluates tag variables is probably a very good answer for things as you want. Am sure the oommunity would be interested to hear how you get along with this, so please post your results.

Regards,
Clive

Moving as suggested by Brandon. Thanks.

Brandon - I totally read that sentence wrong - which of course could be due to the fact that I wanted it to work like the programming language…whoops. Thank you for letting me in on that secret (double checking my eyesight today - maybe I am having a case of “Walleye” vision (for those who have seen Hot Shots - if not just let it go)).

narration - thank you for the suggestion I will look into it. I didn’t realize you could actually embed PHP code in EE so I may just resort to doing that. I’m working on it within a template so I assume that the end user won’t actually be posting anything in there. (If they do I will be super upset they are messing with things I don’t want them to - and they can just deal with what they screw up until they decide to front the bill of getting it fixed).

Thanks for all the assistance. I am working on this issue today and tomorrow - so let’s buckle down and get on this.
Seth