Is it possible to increment a value in a function

Question

is it possible to increment a value dynamically with in a function

Answer 1

CREATE OR REPLACE function TEST
(V_COUNT in NUMBER(10),V_LP in NUMBER(3),V_COUNTER in NUMBER(10))
RETURN varchar2(40)
IS
V_NAME varchar2(40);
BEGIN
IF (V_COUNT = 1)
     THEN
     --some code
     EXIT;
ELSIF (V_COUNT > 1)
     V_LP:=0;
     V_COUNTER:=1;
     WHILE ( V_COUNTER = 1 )
     LOOP
          V_LP:=V_LP + 1;
          --SOME CODE
     END LOOP;
     IF ( V_LP = 1 )
     THEN
          --SOME CODE               
     END IF;
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);
END;
THIS IS MY CODE