Let's try again: Very simple math in Macro Express Pro....

[nkormanik]

I'm trying to do the following:

 

We start with a plain text file, completely empty, opened in a text editor.

 

We have ME move to the first line of the text file,

and type what resides in a variable called %First%.  

 

That value happens to be 5 (set up beforehand).  So, ME types 5.

 

5

 

We then have ME type Enter twice.  

That means the cursor will be at the start of line 3.

 

We now have ME type what is in the %First% variable + 4.

 

The answer that ME types should be:

 

9

 

How do we do this?

 

[Samrae]

Here's a start

Variable Set Integer %First% to 5
Repeat Prompt Start
  Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): %First%<ENTER><ENTER>
  Variable Modify Integer: %First% = %First% + 4
End Repeat

 

[nkormanik]

The key I think I was missing is:

 

This is actually a two-step process.

 

First we have to set the variable.

 

Then we have to modify it.