# Counter that increases with mouse click

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/counter-that-increases-with-mouse-click/25342>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/counter-that-increases-with-mouse-click/25342 "2020-11-11T14:07:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/counter-that-increases-with-mouse-click/25342/6 "2020-11-12T09:21:40Z")

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> [@Vako](#):
>
> ```auto
> void mousePressed () {
> if((mouseX>x1&&mouseX<x2)&&(mouseY>y1&&mouseY<y2)){
> counter++;
> }
> println(counter); 
> }
> 
> ```

I always write it like this:

```auto

void mousePressed () {
  if (mouseX>x1 &&
    mouseX<x2 && 
    mouseY>y1 && 
    mouseY<y2 ) {
    counter++;
  }
  println(counter);
}

```

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