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That worked perfectly, thank you!  I guess I was just trying to over-
think it.

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "CS" <res1wgwl@xxxx> wrote:
> For most things, AB is way simpler that other languages out there.
> Try (one line):
> 
> plot(C-ref(C,-1), " Change from Yesterdays Close ",colorred,1);
> 
> -CS
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: traderkirk7 
>   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 3:50 PM
>   Subject: [amibroker] simple code question
> 
> 
>   I have had Amibroker for awhile now but continued to use 
TradeStation 
>   because that is what I have been used to and it worked for most 
of 
>   what I needed.  I decided to dust off Amibroker and see what it 
can 
>   do but I am having a coding problem.  I want to plot a simple 
>   indicator that measures change.  
> 
>   In TS, the formula is a relatively simple:
> 
>   Chg = Close - Close[1];
>   Plot1(Chg);
> 
>   In Amibroker what I have is:
> 
>   for( i = 1; i < BarCount; i++ )
>   {
>   Chg =  Close[ BarCount - 1 ] - Close[ BarCount - 2 ];
>   }
>   Plot (Chg, "Change", colorBlue, styleLine);
> 
>   The problem is that the indicator's value is correct on the last 
bar 
>   of the chart, but it plots that same value on every bar preceding 
it, 
>   so all that results is a straight line.  I tried it with the Plot 
>   statement inside the For loop but then all I get is a straight 
line 
>   with many instances of the same value (obviously due to the loop).
> 
>   I figured I could work it out from the code for Rate of Change, 
but 
>   that is simply coded with the 'ROC' function, and the code for 
the 
>   functions are not available to my knowledge. 
> 
>   Any help is appreciated, thanks.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
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