# incrcount > Compute a count incrementally.
## Usage ```javascript var incrcount = require( '@stdlib/stats/incr/count' ); ``` #### incrcount() Returns an accumulator `function` which incrementally computes a count. ```javascript var accumulator = incrcount(); ``` #### accumulator( \[x] ) If provided an input value `x`, the accumulator function returns an updated count. If not provided an input value `x`, the accumulator function returns the current count. ```javascript var accumulator = incrcount(); var count = accumulator( 2.0 ); // returns 1 count = accumulator( 1.0 ); // returns 2 count = accumulator( 3.0 ); // returns 3 count = accumulator(); // returns 3 ```
## Examples ```javascript var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); var incrcount = require( '@stdlib/stats/incr/count' ); var accumulator; var v; var i; // Initialize an accumulator: accumulator = incrcount(); // For each simulated datum, update the count... for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) { v = randu() * 100.0; accumulator( v ); } console.log( accumulator() ); ```