Hi,
Use $velocityCount in place where you need incremental value of some variable Eg: instead of, #set($a = 0) #foreach($mapping in $mappings) Do something.. #set($a = $a+1) <label for="journal-$a">Type something</label> Do it like: #foreach($mapping in $mappings) Do something.. <label for="journal- $velocityCount ">Type something </label> $velocityCount increase the value of variable incrementally, without having to use ($a= $a+1) I hope this helps! Thanks, Rupali _____ From: lanxiazhi [mailto:lanxia...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:52 PM To: Velocity Users List Subject: Re: simple problem we know this #set($a = $a + 1) will change $a which in some cases may not be preferable...but thanks anyway. 2009/7/20 Alexander <the.malk...@gmail.com> Hi, Use #set($a = $a + 1) Correct me if Im wrong but if u use variable like this it would write "hello" on a single line, where is the problem? #set($newline="hello") $newline