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# Payment Dump Entry Numbers

*Article Topics:* [*Payments*](/getting-started/common-topics/payments.md)*,* [*Smarty*](/getting-started/common-topics/smarty.md)

Add a number to every [banking check](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque) in a dump using the [Smarty ](/using-nats/one-off-articles/smarty.md){counter} function in the entry header. For example:

```
Check #{counter}
```

You can use {counter} multiple times in the same header, or generate a unique number across all dumps, by assigning a number to a variable and updating it after each run. For example, to print a series of checks starting with check #100:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
{counter assign=mycounter}Row:{$mycounter} Check #{math equation="x+y" x=100 y=$mycounter}
```

{% endcode %}

The next time you want to print checks, update the *100* in *x=100*. For example, to print a new series of checks starting with check #177:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
{counter assign=mycounter}Row:{$mycounter} Check #{math equation="x+y" x=177 y=$mycounter}
```

{% endcode %}