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Herman,
The ID will be available if you send all stocks to, say, WL60.
Then,
Listnum=60;id=0;
list = CategoryGetSymbols( categoryWatchlist, listnum );
for( i = 0; ( sym = StrExtract( list, i ) ) != ""; i++ )
{
if(sym==Name())
{id=i;}
}
Filter=1;
AddColumn(id,"ID");
Dimitris Tsokakis
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Herman vandenBergen" <psytek@xxxx>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Would anybody know if there is a way to assign, or perhaps AB has
it already
> internally, a permanent numerical ID to stocks?
>
> What I need is a fast NumericalStockID <-> Symbol conversion
routine (DLL?).
> Would it be possible to convert a Symbol's ASCII string to a number
within
> the processing range of AB? I don't like tables because they have
to be
> maintained, loaded and saved.
>
> It is so much easier to work with permanent reference numbers as
they can be
> stored and manipulated in numerical arrays.
>
> Status("StockNum") doesn't work for me because it changes with the
watchlist
> or when a stock drops out half-way during an AA operation, I found
that out
> the hard way :-(
>
> Are there any rules that govern the creation/issue of stock symbols?
>
> many thanks for any help you can give,
> herman.
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