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Thank you, Herman,  for your reply.

It would work if the matrix was 100 x 100.
But I'm thinking more like a 1000 x 1000 matrix.  
It's beyond max columns of AmiBroker and Excel.

ysk

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Herman vandenBergen" <psytek@xxxx>
wrote:
> It would be a very long column...about 100x100 combinations. It is
easier to
> copy-n-past the results to Excel and use an Excel formula to find
the max,
> like Max(...xy data range ...) and/or use Excel Conditional
formating to
> color cells according to the limits.
> 
> DT recently posted a nice solution to extract the highest values
from the
> table... I think that might do exactly what you want.
> 
> herman
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: qqqqq_99999_qqqqq [mailto:qqqqq_99999_qqqqq@x...]
>   Sent: December 30, 2003 8:14 AM
>   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Subject: [amibroker] Re: to HERMAN: N100 Correlation table
> 
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   Is there any way to create a correlation table in a columnal form
(
>   security1, security2 and correaltion columns ) for easy sorting?
> 
>   ysk
> 
>   --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko"
<amibroker@xxxx>
>   wrote:
>   > Hello,
>   >
>   > The code is written in ineffective way because it calls Foreign
for
>   CURRENT security while it is not necessary at all.
>   > Also it performs two loops when only one is needed.
>   >
>   > More efficient version is here:
>   >
>   > Filter = Status("LastBarInTest");
>   > list = GetCategorySymbols( categoryWatchlist, 0 );
>   >
>   > AddTextColumn(Name(),"Correlation",1.0);
>   > Ticker1= Name();
>   >
>   > for( Col=0; (Ticker2=StrExtract( List, Col))!= ""; Col++)
>   > {
>   >    Var2 = Foreign(Ticker2,"C");
>   >    Corr = Correlation( C, Var2, 8 );
>   >    Color = IIf(Corr>0, colorBrightGreen, IIf(Corr<0,
>   colorRed,colorWhite));
>   >    Color = IIf(Ticker1==Ticker2, 1, Color);
>   >    AddColumn( Corr, Ticker2, 1.3, 1, Color);
>   > }
>   >
>   > Hope this helps.
>   >
>   > Best regards,
>   > Tomasz Janeczko
>   > amibroker.com
>   >   ----- Original Message -----
>   >   From: Herman vandenBergen
>   >   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >   Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 10:24 AM
>   >   Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: to HERMAN: N100 Correlation table
>   >
>   >
>   >   Very nice DT, thanks! I'll be using that frequently. Below is
what
>   the Correlation matrix, with help from the list, developed into.
>   >     // Exploration to create Correlation matrix
>   >     Buy=Sell=Short=Cover=0;
>   >     Filter = Status("LastBarInTest");
>   >     list = GetCategorySymbols( categoryWatchlist, 2 );
>   >     for( NumTickers=0; (StrExtract( list, NumTickers )) != "";
>   NumTickers++ );
>   >     AddTextColumn(Name(),"Ticker",1.0);
>   >     for( Col=0; Col<NumTickers; Col++)
>   >        {
>   >        Ticker1 = Name();
>   >        Ticker2 = StrExtract( list, Col);
>   >        Var1 = Foreign(Ticker1,"C");
>   >        Var2 = Foreign(Ticker2,"C");
>   >        Test = Correlation( Var1, Var2, 8 );
>   >        Color = IIf(Test>0, colorBrightGreen, IIf(Test<0,
colorRed,
>   colorWhite));
>   >        Color = IIf(Ticker1==Ticker2, 1, Color);
>   >        AddColumn( Test, Ticker2, 1.3, 1, Color);
>   >        }
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >     -----Original Message-----
>   >     From: DIMITRIS TSOKAKIS [mailto:TSOKAKIS@x...]
>   >     Sent: November 28, 2003 1:46 PM
>   >     To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     Subject: [amibroker] Re: to HERMAN: N100 Correlation table
>   >
>   >
>   >     Herman,
>   >     There is no need to write the 100 tickers. If they belong to
>   WL10,
>   >     then
>   >     list = GetCategorySymbols( categoryWatchlist, 10 );
>   >     tickerlist="";
>   >     for( i = 0; ( sym = StrExtract( list, i ) ) != ""; i++ )
>   >     {
>   >     tickerlist=tickerlist+sym+",";
>   >     }
>   >     Title=tickerlist;
>   >     The advantage is that you don't have to correct the code
after
>   any
>   >     N100 change, it is done automatically as soon as you correct
>   WL10.
>   >     Note also that StrExtract()  needs a "comma-separated list
of
>   items",
>   >     that's why the above +",".
>   >     The result will have a "," at the end, but this is not a
>   problem.
>   >     Dimitris Tsokakis
>   >     --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Merrill"
>   <dmerrill@xxxx>
>   >     wrote:
>   >     > I've lost track of the original context, but could you do
this
>   even
>   >     more
>   >     > easily by iterating through the tickers in a known
watchlist?
>   >     >
>   >     > Dave
>   >     >
>   >     >   this is actually the "data" type statement I have been
>   looking
>   >     for....
>   >     > wanted to store individual thresholds in some easy way -
this
>   is
>   >     easier than
>   >     > a file system :-)
>   >     >
>   >     >   herman
>   >     >     -----Original Message-----
>   >     >     From: Tomasz Janeczko [mailto:amibroker@x...]
>   >     >     Sent: November 28, 2003 7:37 AM
>   >     >     To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     >     Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: to HERMAN: N100
Correlation
>   table
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >     Hello,
>   >     >
>   >     >     It would be shorter to write this that way:
>   >     >
>   >     >     TickerList =
>   >     >
>   "AAPL,ADBE,ADCT,ALTR,AMAT,AMG,AMZ,APCC,APOL,BB
BY,BEAS,BIIB,BMET,BRCD
>   >     ,BRCM,CD
>   >     > WC,CEPH,"+
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   "CHIR,CHKP,CHRW,CIE,CMCSA,CMVT,COST,CPWR,CSCO,
CTAS,CTXS,DELL,DISH,DL
>   >     TR,EBAY,
>   >     > ERICY,ERTS,"+
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   "ESRX,EXPD,FAST,FHCC,FISV,FLEX,GEZ,GILD,GTX,HG
SI,HSIC,IACI,ICOS,ITC,
>   >     ITU,IVG,
>   >     > JDSU,JPR,KLAC,"+
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   "LAMR,LLTC,LCR,MCHP,MEDI,MERQ,MLM,MST,MOLX,MSF
T,MXIM,TAP,VDA,VLS,XTL
>   >     ,ORCL,PA
>   >     > YX,PCAR,PDCO,"+
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   "PETM,PIXR,PSFT,PTE,QCOM,QLGC,RFMD,ROST,RYAAY,
SAM,SBUX,SEBL,SIAL,SDK
>   >     ,SPS,SPL
>   >     > S,SPOT,SSCC,"+
>   >     >     "SUW,SYMC,TEVA,TLAB,VRS,VRTS,WFMI,XLX,XRAY,YHOO";
>   >     >
>   >     >     Ticker = StrExtract( TickerList, n );
>   >     >
>   >     >     Hope this helps.
>   >     >
>   >     >     Best regards,
>   >     >     Tomasz Janeczko
>   >     >     amibroker.com
>   >     >       ----- Original Message -----
>   >     >       From: dirk schreiber
>   >     >       To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     >       Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 9:58 PM
>   >     >       Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: to HERMAN: N100
Correlation
>   table
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >       hi nand,
>   >     >
>   >     >       the #include file was posted by herman before, it
goes
>   like
>   >     this:
>   >     >
>   >     >       // Include file
>   >     >       Ticker =
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==0 , "AAPL",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==1 , "ADBE",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==2 , "ADCT",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==3 , "ALTR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==4 , "AMAT",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==5 , "AMGN",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==6 , "AMZN",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==7 , "APCC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==8 , "APOL",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==9 , "BBBY",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==10 , "BEAS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==11 , "BIIB",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==12 , "BMET",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==13 , "BRCD",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==14 , "BRCM",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==15 , "CDWC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==16 , "CEPH",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==17 , "CHIR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==18 , "CHKP",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==19 , "CHRW",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==20 , "CIEN",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==21 , "CMCSA",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==22 , "CMVT",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==23 , "COST",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==24 , "CPWR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==25 , "CSCO",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==26 , "CTAS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==27 , "CTXS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==28 , "DELL",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==29 , "DISH",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==30 , "DLTR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==31 , "EBAY",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==32 , "ERICY",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==33 , "ERTS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==34 , "ESRX",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==35 , "EXPD",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==36 , "FAST",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==37 , "FHCC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==38 , "FISV",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==39 , "FLEX",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==40 , "GENZ",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==41 , "GILD",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==42 , "GNTX",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==43 , "HGSI",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==44 , "HSIC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==45 , "IACI",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==46 , "ICOS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==47 , "INTC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==48 , "INTU",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==49 , "IVGN",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==50 , "JDSU",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==51 , "JNPR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==52 , "KLAC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==53 , "LAMR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==54 , "LLTC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==55 , "LNCR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==56 , "MCHP",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==57 , "MEDI",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==58 , "MERQ",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==59 , "MLNM",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==60 , "MNST",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==61 , "MOLX",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==62 , "MSFT",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==63 , "MXIM",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==64 , "NTAP",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==65 , "NVDA",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==66 , "NVLS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==67 , "NXTL",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==68 , "ORCL",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==69 , "PAYX",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==70 , "PCAR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==71 , "PDCO",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==72 , "PETM",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==73 , "PIXR",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==74 , "PSFT",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==75 , "PTEN",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==76 , "QCOM",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==77 , "QLGC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==78 , "RFMD",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==79 , "ROST",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==80 , "RYAAY",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==81 , "SANM",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==82 , "SBUX",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==83 , "SEBL",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==84 , "SIAL",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==85 , "SNDK",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==86 , "SNPS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==87 , "SPLS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==88 , "SPOT",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==89 , "SSCC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==90 , "SUNW",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==91 , "SYMC",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==92 , "TEVA",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==93 , "TLAB",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==94 , "VRSN",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==95 , "VRTS",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==96 , "WFMI",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==97 , "XLNX",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==98 , "XRAY",
>   >     >       WriteIf(n==99 , "YHOO" , ""
>   >     >
>   ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
>   >     ))))))))
>   >     > ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))));
>   >     >
>   >     >       dirk
>   >     >         ----- Original Message -----
>   >     >         From: nkis22
>   >     >         To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     >         Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 5:16 PM
>   >     >         Subject: [amibroker] Re: to HERMAN: N100
Correlation
>   table
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >         Will appreciate very much to see the #include AFL
>   please
>   >     >         thanks in advance
>   >     >         nand
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >
>   >     >         --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dirk schreiber
>   >     <tianatrading@xxxx>
>   >     >         wrote:
>   >     >         > hello herman,
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > after playing around with your code a little
bit, i
>   >     realized that
>   >     >         it is not showing a COMPLETE "heat list" of the
n100.
>   >     by "splitting
>   >     >         up" the 100 stocks into two groups of 50, one for
the
>   x-
>   >     axis and the
>   >     >         other for the y-axis, we can't get the whole
picture.
>   the
>   >     first
>   >     > stock
>   >     >         (AAPL) has its correlation only measured against
>   stocks 50-
>   >     99(JDSU-
>   >     >         YHOO), but not for example against ADBE or ADCT.
>   >     >         > thanks to posting your code i am beginning to
>   understand
>   >     the logic
>   >     >         of looping better, so i just changed some numbers
to
>   have
>   >     the loop
>   >     > go
>   >     >         through ALL possible combinations. it takes
slightly
>   longer
>   >     (instead
>   >     >         of 50*50=2500 it's 100*100=10000 calculations)
and of
>   >     course it has
>   >     >         quite a lot of duplicate results, but i think it
is
>   the
>   >     only way to
>   >     >         calculate all correlations.
>   >     >         > also, i changed the code from absolute to
relative
>   >     correlation,
>   >     >         which gives different results.
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > what do you think?
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > dirk
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > // Exploration N100 relative Correlation table
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Buy=Sell=Short=Cover=0;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > StkNum = Status("StockNum");
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Filter = Status("LastBarInTest") AND StkNum <
100;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > AddTextColumn(Name(),"Ticker",1.0);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > SetOption("nodefaultcolumns",1);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > n = StkNum;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > #include <NtoN100Ticker.afl>
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Ticker1 = Ticker;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > C1 = ROC(Foreign(Ticker1,"C"),1);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > for(m=1;m<=99;m++)
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > {
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > n=m;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > #include <NtoN100Ticker.afl>
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Ticker2 = Ticker;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > C2 = ROC(Foreign(Ticker2,"C"),1);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Corr = Correlation(C1, C2, 8 );
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Color = IIf(Corr>0.7,8,4); // Add colors to
make a
>   heat
>   >     map
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > AddColumn(Corr,Ticker,1.3,1,Color);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > }
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >   ----- Original Message -----
>   >     >         >   From:   Herman vandenBergen
>   >     >         >   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     >         >   Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:43   PM
>   >     >         >   Subject: RE: [amibroker] to TOMASZ: how   to
loop
>   >     through a list
>   >     >         of tickers ?
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >   A slight oversight in my previous code, you
CAN
>   list
>   >     tickers by
>   >     >         name (no string array needed) in the left most
column
>   >     with   the
>   >     >         slightly different code below. Here is a fragment
of
>   the
>   >     table.
>   >     >         Include file can be found in previous post.
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >   // N100 Correlation table
>   >     >         > Buy=Sell=Short=Cover=0;
>   >     >         > StkNum = Status("StockNum");
>   >     >         > Filter = Status("LastBarInTest") AND StkNum <
50;
>   >     >         > AddTextColumn(Name(),"Ticker",1.0);
>   >     >         > n = StkNum;
>   >     >         > #include <NtoN100Ticker.afl>
>   >     >         > Ticker1 = Ticker;
>   >     >         > C1 = Foreign(Ticker1,"C");
>   >     >         > for(m=50;m<=99;m++)
>   >     >         >    {
>   >     >         >    n=m;
>   >     >         >    #include <NtoN100Ticker.afl>
>   >     >         >    Ticker2 = Ticker;
>   >     >         >    C2 =   Foreign(Ticker2,"C");
>   >     >         >    Corr = Correlation(C1, C2, 8 );
>   >     >         >    Color = IIf(Corr>0,8,4); //   Add colors to
make
>   a
>   >     heat map
>   >     >         >    AddColumn(Corr,Ticker,1.3,1,Color);
>   >     >         >    }
>   >     >         >       -----Original Message-----
>   >     >         > From: dirk schreiber     [ma
ilto:tianatrading@xxxx]
>   >     >         > Sent: November 27, 2003 2:03     AM
>   >     >         > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     >         > Subject: [amibroker] to     TOMASZ: how to loop
>   through a
>   >     list of
>   >     >         tickers ?
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >     i'm a bit surprised to see that     noone is
>   >     answering my
>   >     > call.
>   >     >         >     so may i ask you directly,     tomasz, if
what
>   i
>   >     asked is
>   >     >         possible and if you could indicate me the right
>   way to
>   >     code
>   >     >         this ??
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >     thank you,
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >     dirk
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >           ----- Original Message -----
>   >     >         >       From:       dirk       schreiber
>   >     >         >       To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     >         >       Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 12:14    
  PM
>   >     >         >       Subject: Re: [amibroker] how to loop
>   through
>   >     a list of
>   >     >         tickers ?
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >       noone ???
>   >     >         >       i'll try again: as an       example, is it
>   possible
>   >     to
>   >     >         calculate all correlations of the stocks
>   constituting
>   >     the
>   >     >         nasdaq100 in one scan?
>   >     >         >       my code below will explore       the
>   correlations
>   >     of IBM
>   >     > with
>   >     >         the other 99 constituents of my       nasdaq100
>   watchlist.
>   >     is there
>   >     > a
>   >     >         way in afl to tell amibroker to first      
calculate
>   these
>   >     >         correlations for one stock, then go to the next
and
>   do the
>   >     > same
>   >     >         there and so forth, so that i could find out the
10
>   highest
>   >     >         correlations within the nasdaq100 for example ??
>   >     >         >       i have tried many ideas but i       am
stuck
>   >     (haven't
>   >     >         mastered the new loop formulas very well yet)
>   ...
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >       any help would be greatly      
appreciated,
>   maybe
>   >     this
>   >     >         procedure would interest other amibroker users as
> 
>   >     well.
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >       thanks in       advance,
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >       dirk
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > pair="IBM";
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > x=Foreign(pair,"C");
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > y=C;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > xpc=ROC(x,1);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > ypc=ROC(y,1);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Graph0=Correlation(xpc,ypc,20);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Graph1=Correlation(xpc,ypc,200);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Filter=Graph0>0.7       AND Graph1>0.5;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > AddColumn(Graph0,"Cor20",1.2);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > AddColumn(Graph1,"Cor200",1.2);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > AddColumn(Graph0+Graph1,"total",1.2);
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         > Buy=0;
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >               ----- Original Message -----
>   >     >         >         From:         dirk schreiber
>   >     >         >         To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >     >         >         Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003
>   6:56 PM
>   >     >         >         Subject: [amibroker] how to loop
>   through
>   >     a list of
>   >     >         tickers ?
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >                 hello,
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >         this is my first         post.
>   >     >         >         i have been working my way         into
the
>   ideas
>   >     behind
>   >     >         pair trading, reading the interesting posts by
>   yuki
>   >     a few
>   >     >         months ago and writing some code.
>   >     >         >         here is where i'm stuck:         when i
>   calculate
>   >     >         correlation, price ratio and other things like
beta
> 
>   >     ratio it
>   >     >         is my understanding that when scanning my
database i
>   can
>   >     only
>   >     >         compare one stock at a time with the rest of my
>   universe. --
>   >     is
>   >     >         it         possible to calculate all correlations
>   between
>   >     all stocks
>   >     >         in one scan??         i know that with big groups
>   this
>   >     would mean
>   >     >         millions of         calculations, but for a group
like
>   the
>   >     n100 this
>   >     >         should be possible?
>   >     >         >         can this be done by some         sort of
>   loop?
>   >     >         >         i searched the mailing list        
archive
>   and
>   >     found only
>   >     >         one hint by DT, talking about maybe using
>   something
>   >     like
>   >     >         Status("STOCKNUM") == 0   , but i         could
not
>   work
>   >     that out
>   >     > ...
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >         any help is         appreciated,
>   >     >         >         thanks in         advance,
>   >     >         >
>   >     >         >         dirk
>   >
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