Reports the current value of the tick counter. The result is always a number and never negative.
If the tick counter has not been started yet with reset-ticks, an error results.
Most models use the tick command to advance the tick counter, in which case ticks will always report an integer. If the tick-advance command is used, then ticks may report a floating point number.
See also tick, tick-advance, reset-ticks, clear-ticks.
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