Procedure
Question
How can a variable be used to store the current number of selected records in ArcPlot?
Answer
The following line will set a variable to the number of selected records:
&SETVAR X = [EXTRACT 1 [SHOW SELECT <COVERAGE> <COVERAGE_TYPE>]]
Example:
&SETVAR X = [EXTRACT 1 [SHOW SELECT LANDUSE POLY]]
Note:
SHOW SELECT only works on individual coverages or INFO files. It does not work on librarian layers or ArcStorm layers.