RE: [amibroker] ASCII FILE FORMAT QUESTION

["Carlton McEachern" <carlton.mceachern@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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size=2>Thanks Tomasz.  What if I just rename the data file 
050103
 
  
  Carlton 
  McEachernThe Crazy Canuck
  
  I STARTED WITH 
  NOTHING. 
  
  I STILL HAVE MOST OF 
  IT.
  
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Tomasz Janeczko 
  [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxx]Sent: 03 May, 2003 3:40 PMTo: 
  amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [amibroker] ASCII FILE FORMAT 
  QUESTION
  Hello,
   
  Sorry but AB is not able to guess that it should remove 
  CME___ from the file name to get the date.
  You need to add a single line at the very top of your data 
  file$DATE_MDY 050103
   
  and then AB will be able to import it.
   
  Best regards,Tomasz Janeczkoamibroker.com
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    <A title=carlton.mceachern@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
    href="">Carlton McEachern 
    To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    href="">Amibroker 
    Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 9:06 
    PM
    Subject: [amibroker] ASCII FILE FORMAT 
    QUESTION
    
    After 
    reviewing the help file I have a question about the date when importing an 
    ASCII file.  My file contains no date field, just ticker, open, high 
    low, close ect.,  but the file name comes in the form of: CME___050103, 
    which is of course the date.  If my understanding is correct, if I 
    leave the date argument $DATE out of the import format file and 
    the $FORMAT line (Date_MDY) in the import format file, AB will get the 
    date from the file name.  
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    My 
    question is how will it know what form the date is in - YMD:DMY:MDY 
    ect.  
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    Also, 
    how do I get AB to ignore the prefix in the file name: IE:  
     CME___
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    This 
    is the file naming convention used by NAQ (North American Quotations) for 
    their EOD Futures data.
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    Hope 
    this is clear and someone can help with a clear example.
    
      
      Carlton 
      McEachernThe Crazy 
Canuck
      
      I STARTED WITH 
      NOTHING. 
      
      I STILL HAVE MOST OF 
      IT.
      
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