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--- mozaic_tips_and_tricks [2020/03/01 22:12] – Minor addition to Knob Double-Tap _ki
+++ mozaic_tips_and_tricks [2020/07/12 21:46] – Added: Using Inc and Dec in Expressions _ki
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   * [[#Use a Knob to toggle 16 Pads View to HELP View]]
   * [[#Knob double-tap Support]]
+  * [[#Using Inc and Dec in Expressions]]
   * [[#Calculate Standard Chords from a Root Note]]
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     * //isOn = _val > 64// assigns either 0 or 1 to //isOn// depending on _val
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+===== Using Inc and Dec in Expressions =====
+<html><p align = "right"><small><i>From -ki</i></small></p></html>
+TheOriginalPaulB discovered that Inc and Dec are working as functions. Both Inc and Dec are ‚pre-increment‘ operations like ++var  in C, as the function returns the already incremented value. This allows for several interesting language constructs:
+In case of a ring buffer index, one could use
+<code>
+  index = (Inc index) % 64
+</code>
+instead of the longer construct
+<code>
+  Inc index
+  index = index % 64
+</code>
+\\
+Sometimes this trick is also applicable in array initialization, but one has to compensate for the pre-increment.
+<code>
+  idx = -1
+  for i = 10 to 19
+    array[Inc idx] = 2*i
+  endfor
+</code>
+The example fills array[0] to array[9] with the values 20 to 38. To compensate for pre-increment, idx needs to start at -1 since it will be incremented to zero on first usage
+\\
+It is also possible to construct a post-increment operation by using the inc in the expression itself, but discarding it using multiplication with 0:
+<code>
+  idx = 0
+  for i = 10 to 19
+    array[idx] = 2*i  + 0*(Inc idx)
+  endfor
+</code>
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