At 00:04 22/09/2003 +0900, you wrote:
\newcount\MyCounter \define[1]\MyMacro{ \global\advance\MyCounter by 1 \relax \number\MyCounter #1}
\starttext \MyMacro{Hello} \MyMacro{Goodbye} \MyMacro{Hello again} \stoptext --> 1Hello 2Goodbye 3Hello again
or, using pseudo counters: \define[1]\MyMacro {\doglobal\increment\MyCounter \MyCounter#1} or even \define\MyCounter{\doglobal\increment\MyCounter\MyCounter} Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------