First iteration of a working initcounters method

noid.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Minter():
     
     oacounter: int = 0
     oatop: int = 0
+    percounter: int = 0
     template: str = ""
     prefix: str = ""
     mask: str = ""
@@ -97,11 +98,11 @@ class Minter():
         # 10. return the noid
         return ""
 
-    def initcounters() -> None:
-        # 1. Initialize oacounter to 0
-        # 2. Set up a maxcounters variable to 293
-        # 3. Set up a percounter variable to int(total / maxcounters + 1)
-        # 4. Divides $total into sub-counters of size $pctr, stores this
+    def initcounters(self) -> None:
+        # 1. [X] Initialize oacounter to 0
+        # 2. [X] Set up a maxcounters variable to 293
+        # 3. [X] Set up a percounter variable to int(total / maxcounters + 1)
+        # 4. [X] Divides $total into sub-counters of size $pctr, stores this
         #    distribution in $noid, and prepares the structure to generate
         #    IDs in a balanced manner.
         #    - copy the value of total to the variable t
@@ -113,8 +114,14 @@ class Minter():
         #      - set value of this counter to 0
         #      - add the counter to saclist
         #      - substract pctr from t
-        pass
-
+        maxcounters = 293
+        self.percounter = int(self.oatop / maxcounters + 1)
+        t = self.oatop
+        while t > 0:
+            top = self.percounter if t >= self.percounter else t
+            c = Counter(top=top, value=0)
+            self.active_counters.append(c)
+            t -= self.percounter
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import doctest