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Hello,
The answer is simple:
variables are used not only on the left side of the assignment
so yours "as long as the name begins with a letter, has no spaces, and is followed by an equal sign"
is not really true.
> For example, in naming an up gap variable, it would be nice to be
> able to use the % sign to identify the size of the gap, and also
> use "." for fractional percentages
Both % and . are OPERATORS in AFL.
% is MODULUS operator
and . is member access operator.
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/a_language.html
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/a_aflcom.html
For example:
var1 = 12;
var2 = 10;
x = var1%var2;
means x should be equal to the reminder from division of var1 by var2
Also . is an operator (object member access):
AB = CreateObject("Broker.Applicaiton");
AB.RefreshAll();
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "seneca_kw" <wellswellskw@xxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:01 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Why limit variable names?
> >From the User's Guide:
>
> "Identifiers are arbitrary names of any length given to functions and
> variables. Identifiers can contain the letters (a-z, A-Z), the
> underscore character ("_"), and the digits (0-9). The first character
> must be a letter."
>
> I've confirmed through experimentation that AB won't accept other
> characters in a variable name. Why this limitation? As long as the
> name begins with a letter, has no spaces, and is followed by an equal
> sign, wouldn't that be enough to confirm that it's a variable and
> nothing else? It'd be nice to be able to use the full range of
> characters and signs.
>
> This may seem like a small point, but I'm developing a large library
> of variables for repeated use. I'd like the variable names to
> contain enough information that: 1) I can recall them without having
> to look them up; 2) I recognize what they mean when I see them in a
> formula without having to look them up.
>
> For example, in naming an up gap variable, it would be nice to be
> able to use the % sign to identify the size of the gap, and also
> use "." for fractional percentages. I'm trying to work around it
> using round about ways (eg "PC" instead of the percent sign) but the
> results are longer than necessary and not as clear.
>
> I'd appreciate any workaround ideas.
>
> Thanks, Wayne
>
>
>
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