# Desert combat help : how to increment ordersGiven?
**URL:** https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/desert-combat-help-how-to-increment-ordersgiven/20208
**Category:** Level Help
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/desert-combat-help-how-to-increment-ordersgiven/20208 "2020-02-07T04:29:10Z")
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### Author:  [@slime\_bunny\_222](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/slime_bunny_222)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/desert-combat-help-how-to-increment-ordersgiven/20208/1 "2020-02-07T04:29:10Z")
I am stuck in this level and I don’t know how to use the new /# Be sure to increment ordersGiven/.
I hope you can help me to get out of this level.
_# while-loops repeat until the condition is false._
ordersGiven = 0
while ordersGiven \< 5:
_# Move down 10 meters._
ordersGiven += 1
_# Order your ally to “Attack!” with hero.say_
_# They can only hear you if you are on the X._
hero.say(“Attack!”)
```
# Be sure to increment ordersGiven!
```
while True:
enemy = hero.findNearestEnemy()
# When you’re done giving orders, join the attack.
if enemy:
hero.attack(enemy)
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### Author:  [@dedreous](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/dedreous)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/desert-combat-help-how-to-increment-ordersgiven/20208/2 "2020-02-07T12:48:42Z")
Welcome to the forum! Please format your code properly. You can learn how, here: [[Essentials] How To Post/Format Your Code Correctly](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/essentials-how-to-post-format-your-code-correctly/15521)
That being said, to “increment” is to increase by 1 (or any value). Think of it as a counter. ‘ordersGiven’ is the counter in this case. Every time you give an order, you want to increase ‘ordersGiven’ by 1, or increment it…’+= 1’ is a method for doing this. Another method, which does exactly the same thing is:
ordersGiven = ordersGiven +1.
The ‘+= 1’ method is shorter (to type), but still does the adding of 1 to the counter.
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### Author:  [@slime\_bunny\_222](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/slime_bunny_222)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/desert-combat-help-how-to-increment-ordersgiven/20208/3 "2020-02-08T06:37:00Z")
Ok, and thank you! I finished it by adding that block 🙂
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### Author:  [@slime\_bunny\_222](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/slime_bunny_222)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/desert-combat-help-how-to-increment-ordersgiven/20208/4 "2020-02-08T07:12:20Z")
> [@dedreous](#):
>
> Please format your code properly.
I will format my code next time! I forgot to press \ that time ( sorry 😢 ) Thanks for reminding me
And finally this problem is solved!