Adobe After Effects Expression

[bilal5C18]

var x = 0;

var y = 2;

var z = 10;

I want var x value to be increased by 1 (x + 1) after every var y seconds untill time is equal to var z.

What to do?

[Dan Ebberts]

Expressions don't have memory, so variables don't survive from one frame to the next, but you can calulate your x value based on the current time, like this:

var x = 0;
var y = 2;
var z = 10;

x += Math.floor(time/y);
x = Math.min(x,z);

or elapsed time since the layer's in point, like this:

var x = 0;
var y = 2;
var z = 10;

x += Math.floor((time-inPoint)/y);
x = Math.min(x,z);

[Mathias Moehl · Accepted solution]

Dan's idea to use floor to increase by 1 is very elegant. But I think your condition with the z must be implemented like this (since z should be a limit on the time, not on the final value, if I understand it correctly):

x = Math.floor(Math.min(time,z)/y);