Counting in Erlang (how do I increment a variable?)

Question

I\'ve figured out the Erlang-style loops: tail-recursion with functions that take all the \"variables that don\'t vary\":

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Answer 1

It all depends on what you are using the counter for. Anything global like the number of messages handled by q system should use ets:update_counter. If it is not global I usually just include it in the parameters like you showed.