@rep

The @rep keyword reads or writes the repetitions attribute.

Forms

• @rep reads the current repetitions value.
• <@rep> also reads the current repetitions value.
• <@rep = expr> writes the current attribute frame.
• @rep expr: { ... } applies a repetition value to the block that follows immediately.

@rep accepts the same values as [rep]: nonnegative integers or the repetition mode strings "once", "all", and "forever".

@rep 3: {x}

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The accessor form is specialized syntax. Globals, descoping, fallbacks, and compound assignment are not supported.