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## pcount

pcount — Returns the number of pfields belonging to a note event.

## Description

pcount returns the number of pfields belonging to a note event.

## Syntax

    icount pcount

## Initialization

icount - stores the number of pfields for the current note event.

| Note
Note that the reported number of pfields is not necessarily what's explicitly written in the score, but the pfields available to the instrument through mechanisms like pfield carry.

## Examples

Here is an example of the pcount opcode. It uses the file pcount.csd.

Example 323. Example of the pcount opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
    ; Audio out   Audio in   No messages  MIDI in
    -odac           -iadc    ; -d         -M0  ;;;RT audio I/O with MIDI in
    ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
    ;-o pcount.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>
    ;Example by Anthony Kozar Dec 2006
    instr 1
        inum  pcount
        print inum
    endin

    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>
    i1  0 3 4 5       ; has 5 pfields
    i1  1 3           ; has 5 due to carry
    i1  2 3 4 5 6 7   ; has 7
    e
    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

The example will produce the following output:

    SECTION 1:
    new alloc for instr 1:
    WARNING: instr 1 uses 3 p-fields but is given 5
    instr 1:  inum = 5.000
    B  0.000 ..  1.000 T  1.000 TT  1.000 M:      0.0
    new alloc for instr 1:
    WARNING: instr 1 uses 3 p-fields but is given 5
    instr 1:  inum = 5.000
    B  1.000 ..  2.000 T  2.000 TT  2.000 M:      0.0
    new alloc for instr 1:
    WARNING: instr 1 uses 3 p-fields but is given 7
    instr 1:  inum = 7.000

The warnings occur because pfields are not used explicitly by the instrument.

## See Also

pindex

## Credits

Example by: Anthony Kozar

Dec. 2006

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