Add note after increment autonumber not working

Question

Hello,

When I increment the autonumber functionnailty with "inc", it is working if I cerate a message after, but not if I use the %autonumber% variable in a note. Is it normal ? Mayve I am doing somehting wrong.

Example:

@startuml
autonumber
Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response

autonumber inc
note over Bob: %autonumber% instead of 3

Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
Alice <-- Bob: Another authentication Response
note over Bob: %autonumber%
@enduml

https://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/VP112i9034NtEKKsNSxAdOYq7i4RJAUH3hI9DeddDnJ18jLb-Ez_7cdLyc8-Jv3TX7tkQO5kgeKmdV4Y_H4xjv7OQibMXV5A3oSrY0nJC2kyG-bTM0askrYv08iHoZEkTRpvn4taQfG7b1iUuDiYYcEqygxD6pwbz9lUMlsn06Y9X_Z82m00

Thank you in advance for the help.

Answer 1

Hello,

You can use autonumber stop and resume:

https://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/VP0n3i8m34NtdC8No0GJGgZb230YXhJvg95QkoGsvoS2AdMecF_xxrjkYeQiDeqkc0hRr26xTamzo9_eBDs1MjC1hAaFceJfWgUXgAiP-Sfyu0sgpC85AoqLbNbntuOK8_Y-RB3KUgQmkRMMP1IRyDCSlV_VNwweCKXUo5_yEeYDaJhGZX8NHOWa3zgx1XphCzu0

Comments

Thank you.

But you answer to my other question here Not increment message when hidden - PlantUML Q&A.

Here, it is about the notes between messages after increment the autonumber manually with "inc". Any advice ?

 

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Hello,
Sorry, for the answer in the wrong message.

As you can see %autonumber%" is the last number in a message, The %autonumber% is utpdated only when a message is "displayed".

After message 5, in the note, the %autonumber% is still 5.

I don't be sure that a bug. It depends how we interpret this.

@PlantumlTeam: is this a bug or not?

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Ok I see. So, a workaround could be to create a hidden message to increment the number and use it in a note. Let's see is someone else has a better idea :D. Anyhow, thank you for your answer.