TOTL

TOTL is a CAOS command introduced in Creatures 1. It is used to count up the total number of objects of a particular classifier number. 0 can be used for either family, genus, or species as a wildcard.

Syntax

TOTL family(integer) genus(integer) species(integer)

Returns the total number of agents with the given classification, with 0 being used as a wildcard.

Examples

Creatures 1

setv totl 4 2 0

Returns the number of grendels.

Creatures DS

Find how many tubas and their seeds are in the world (useful for checking if something has gone extinct or been autokilled - or if a reproducing agent is getting overpopulated!):

doif totl 2 3 16 lt 3
	setv va00 1
endi
doif totl 2 11 8 lt 3
	setv va01 1
endi