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authorrjohnson <rjohnson>1998-03-26 14:45:59 (GMT)
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+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+'\" SCCS: @(#) incr.n 1.5 96/03/25 20:16:58
+'\"
+.so man.macros
+.TH incr n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.BS
+'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+incr \- Increment the value of a variable
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBincr \fIvarName \fR?\fIincrement\fR?
+.BE
+
+.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.
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+add, increment, variable, value