JString::increment

Increments a trailing number in a string.

Used to easily create distinct labels when copying objects. The method has the following styles: default: "Label" becomes "Label (2)" dash: "Label" becomes "Label-2"

Signature

public function increment(string
        $string,
            [string
        $style = 'default',
            [integer
        $n = 0]] )

Parameters

$string: The source string.
$style: The the style (default|dash).
$n: If supplied, this number is used for the copy, otherwise it is the 'next' number.

Returns

string: The incremented string.