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# Inc

**Inc** provides faster and more streamlined processing to increment an integer value by 1.

It is cleaner than using a statement like **Eyes := Eyes + 1**, which increments the value of the variable **Eyes** by **1**. Unless you are wanting to increment the variable by a larger number such as 10 (**Eyes := Eyes + 10**).

**Inc** is the opposite of **Dec**.

**Declaration**: Procedure Inc(var X: Integer); overload

In this example as below, the variable **Eyes** will get as high as 9, then exit the loop.

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
var
  Eyes : integer;
begin // loop while Eyes < 10
   Eyes := 0;
 while Eyes < 10 do
 begin
      LogInfo('Eyes is equal to '+IntToStr(Eyes));
      Inc(Eyes);
 end;
end;
```

This example writes a sequential series of entries to the log, starting with **Eyes is equal to 0**, and ending with **Eyes is equal to 9**.