Check units and make units

[marcus3]

i am trying to make a unit support script for a mission, i need the script to let u choose what unit u want, then, how meny u want, but it also needs to check how meny units are in the players group so u dont make to meny, i have tryed a few differnt ways of doing this but the are all long and tedice's. anywas,i hope this is all clear, its hard to put in words  
thanks

[THobson]

You can count the number of units that are alive in a group by using:

{alive _x} count units groupname

alternatively if you want to know how many are in a group - even if they ar no longer alive (it does take time for deaths to register sometimes) use

count units groupname