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[amibroker] Re: Number of Days between dates



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Tomasz,

Thank you. Now, onward to my next area of misunderstanding....

:>)

Bill

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> DateTime(0 is encoded date/time in special format that allows 
display
> both date and time according to your system settings.
> It has nothing to do with bar index.
> 
> To get the period use
> 
> Period = EndValue( BarIndex() ) - BeginValue( BarIndex() );
> 
> Second question:
> 
> Use C-like \n escape sequence (backslash and small n)
> 
> Title = "First line\nSecond line";
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <wbarack@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 5:28 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Number of Days between dates
> 
> 
> > I am trying out 4.29.1 and its wonderful new functions that let 
me 
> > select a from-to range on a price plot. Thanks Tomasz. Great 
addition.
> > 
> > What I want to do is calculate a standard deviation over the 
selected 
> > range. While the example for "percentage change" in price that is 
> > included withe download works great, the standard deviation 
function, 
> > like many others, wants to know the period to be calcated over.
> > 
> > StDev(array, period);
> > 
> > So I am trying to find the period as follows:
> > 
> > Range (or period) = EndValue(Datetime())-BeginValues(DateTime());
> > 
> > however, this expression and the variants of it that I have tried 
> > results in error messages when I try to write the value of StDev 
in a 
> > Title expression.
> > 
> > I'm sure I messing up formats or something similar and I cannot 
find 
> > the Help descriptions that will get me out of my dilema.
> > 
> > Long winded, but the basic question is: "How do I find the range 
> > in "bars" for a given From-to range such that I can use it in 
> > functions like StDev?"
> > 
> > Second associated question: "How do I direct the Title function 
to 
> > execute a carriage return?"
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> > 
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