Variable Counter: What am I doing wrong?

[Nubco]

I know I must be doing something dumb! Any ideas?

Variable Counter Test.kmmacros (3.2 KB)

[Nubco]

I thought this was in keeping with... action:Set Variable to Calculation [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

I'm confused.

Among many other things, I already tried the %Variable%LN% syntax in the bottom to field as well.

[Zabobon]

There is something Keyboard Maestro doesn't like about using LN as the Variable name.

I wonder if LN is some secret function or mathematical notation?

This fails with error:

But this works

[Nubco]

You are awesome! The quirk factor. I failed to consider the quirk factor. LOL

Thank you so much!

[ComplexPoint]

LN is the reserved name of a logarithm function

LOG or LN
    logarithm base e.

[Nige_S]

@Nubco

You are awesome! The quirk factor. I failed to consider the quirk factor. LOL

While not a true scoping issue, it's a reminder that good things happen to people who scope their variables -- you wouldn't have had this problem is you used Local_Ln, Global_Ln, or similar.

See this bit of the manual for more about variable scoping -- it's a bit more typing, but it'll save you time in the long run!

[Nubco]

Thanks to all of you for your input!