Description

The Count function returns an integer number indicating the number of child objects.

Arguments

• Handle:
  The function takes a handle of the type "light_userdata" as an argument.
  It can be omitted when using the colon notation on an object.

  The Colon Notation is a way to omit the handle as the first argument when using the Object functions.

  This is the general syntax with the colon notation: object:function()

  This is the general syntax with standard handle notation: object.function(object)

  Learn more in the Lua Functions - Object API topic.
  

Return

• Integer:
  The function returns an integer indicating the number of children of the object.
  

Examples

This example prints the selected sequence's number of children (cues).

return function()
    local numberChildren = SelectedSequence():Count()
    Printf("The selected Sequence has " .. numberChildren .. " cues.")
end