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title: messages.searchCounter
description: Indicates how many results would be found by a [messages.search](../methods/messages.search.md) call with the same parameters
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# Constructor: messages.searchCounter  
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Indicates how many results would be found by a [messages.search](../methods/messages.search.md) call with the same parameters

### Attributes:

| Name     |    Type       | Required | Description |
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|inexact|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|If set, the results may be inexact|
|filter|[MessagesFilter](../types/MessagesFilter.md) | Yes|Provided message filter|
|count|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Number of results that were found server-side|



### Type: [messages.SearchCounter](../types/messages.SearchCounter.md)


### Example:

```php
$messages.searchCounter = ['_' => 'messages.searchCounter', 'inexact' => Bool, 'filter' => MessagesFilter, 'count' => int];
```  


Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
messages.searchCounter={_='messages.searchCounter', inexact=Bool, filter=MessagesFilter, count=int}

```