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String #PARAMs
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String #PARAMs
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Last Activity 10/12/2020 10:22 AM 6 replies, 112 viewings |
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kmcintyre Veteran  Posts: 115 Joined: 9/12/2007 Location: Valley Center, CA  User Profile |
I have not been able to get Strings to work as #PARAMs. Does anyone know the syntax required for String #PARAMs? Thanks | ||
| Ryan Olson Veteran  Posts: 155 Joined: 12/29/2006 Location: Austin, Tx User Profile |
Hey Keith, I assume you are talking about his HRS seminars. Const RefSymbol as String = "SPY" This is using the Const statement which declares a constant and sets its value. So later in the code you see where Ed uses HRSDiff = HRS_DIFF(14,3,RefSymbol). This assigns the value of HRSDiff to HRS_Diff(14, 3, "SPY"). Since HRS_Diff allows to pass the following "Periods", SMAPeriods", and RefSymbol - Ed assigned a constant value to RefSymbol and set it to SPY. If this wouldn't have been set to a constant "const" then the value would have been the symbol you are currently on. Not every system or indicator would allow you to set the const of a value. Here is a site you can look at to get more information about Constants. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/concepts/getting-started/declaring-constants#:~:text=You%20use%20the%20Const%20statement,constant%20and%20set%20its%20value.&text=You%20can%20declare%20a%20constant,statement%20with%20the%20Public%20keyword. Hope this helps, Ryan Olson Nirvana Systems | ||
| Jim Dean Sage   Posts: 3313 Joined: 3/13/2006 Location: L'ville, GA User Profile |
In any OLang Stop, System or Indicator a user can declare String variables, then assign values to them in the code, and manipulate those values with VBA functions like left(), right(), instring() etc ... or concatenate them using & What we CANNOT do, to the best of my knowledge, is INPUT a string variable via the #param command ... or for that matter, OUTPUT a string variable via the Return statement. Of the two, probably an expanded #param command would be the most useful to OLang programmers ... that is, maybe something like this: #paramStr "NameOfStringParam", "DefaultStringValue", "List,Of,Other,Standard,Values,For,A,Dropdown,Box" Please add that to the enhancements list ... it would be really helpful! Thanks | ||
| Ryan Olson Veteran Posts: 155 Joined: 12/29/2006 Location: Austin, Tx User Profile |
Jim, we are currently working on the feature list of 2021 so I will add this to it. Ryan | ||
| Jim Dean Sage Posts: 3313 Joined: 3/13/2006 Location: L'ville, GA User Profile |
Please ALSO add OLang related requests: 1. Return values use DOUBLE precision ... crucial for Forex support! 2. Plot command Width param's allow negatives, where -5 = displayed candle width (thus -1 to -10 widths would auto-scale with #bars displayed, while +1 to +10 would work as they do now) 3. Plot command new param to specify Style of line (dot, dash, solid etc) ... my guess is that those above should all be pretty straightforward to add to the parser ... fingers crossed! 4. Make ALL canned and plugin Nirvana functions (MACD, STO, etc) use Double Precision calcs instead of Single, including their Return values. Crucial for Forex support! ... that actually should be pretty simple to do, but a bit time-consuming ... it presumes that #1 above has already been implemented. Thanks! [Edited by Jim Dean on 10/12/2020 10:20 AM] | ||
| Steve Luerman Veteran Posts: 122 Joined: 2/15/2007 Location: Boulder, CO User Profile |
So, what symbols are defined as constants, and valid for use, in HRS_DIFF(), other than "SPY"? | ||
| Ryan Olson Veteran Posts: 155 Joined: 12/29/2006 Location: Austin, Tx User Profile |
You can use any symbol you want in this case. AAPL, SPY, TSLA whatever you like. It will be using that symbol for that calculation. Ryan |
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