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On 1/10/07, Nick Busigin <nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Ed and AmiBrokerites,
>
> I'm still a little green around the edges when it comes to programming
> in AFL, so I would like to ask the Ed and the other experienced coders a
> question or two in order that I have a better understanding of the
> symantecs and syntax of the AFL language.  I'll use the code that Ed
> posted to the list a little while ago as a basis for my questions:
>
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Edward Pottasch wrote:
>
> > ... Someone mentioned Dimitris Tsokakis who often posted very
> > interesting code.  Here is some of his ingenious code that triggered
> > an idea for a system I currently use,
> >
> > rgds, Ed
> >
> > // Generalised Sequential buy/sell signals
> > SetChartOptions(0, chartShowDates);
> > GraphXSpace = 5;
> > Plot(C,"C",colorWhite,64);Title=Name()+",";
>
> I understand what the above does.  It's what's in the loops that I find
> a little confusing, with regard to arrays and scalars.
>
> Here's how Nick (the AFL greenhorn) parses the code within the for loop:
>
> > for(x=5;x<25;x++)
> > {
> >    b2=Sum(C<Ref(C,-3),x)==x;
>
> 1) 'x' is a scalar variable, (the iterator variable of the for loop).
>
> 2) 'C' is an array variable of all the closing prices
>
> 3) 'Ref(C,-3)' is an array with the closing prices shifted forward
>    by 3 bars (ie. for each position in C, it evaluates to the value in
>    the C array from 3 bars ago).
>
> 4) 'C<Ref(C,-3)' evaluates to an array which has TRUE (represented by
>    a numeric constant 1) elements whenever a closing price bar of the
>    array C has a value that is less than the closing price from 3
>    bars ago.
>
>     Question:  When you are comparing C with Ref(C,-3), what are
>                the first 3 values in the Ref(C,-3) array?  Are they
>                undefined or do they have some default value in them?
>                It seems to me that the comparison of C and Ref(C,-3)
>                is only valid from the 4th element of C and onward.
>                Am I correct in my thinking here?
>
> 5) 'Sum(C<Ref(C,-3),x)'   This statement appears to depend on the value
>     of TRUE, which in AFL I am assuming is always equal to numeric
>     constant 1.   So, it evaluates to an array in which each element is
>     the sum of the previous x elements, ie. a count of how many times
>     in the past x elements, the closing price was less than the closing
>     price 3 bars ago.
>
> 6)  'Sum(C<Ref(C,-3),x)==x' evaluates to an array or TRUE (1) or
>     False (0) elements,  where a TRUE element represents a bar that
>     is the x'th bar of a consecutive series of x closes, each of which
>     having a closing price less than the closing price 3 bars before it.
>
>       Question:  In this expression, there is a mix of array variables
>                  and expressions and a scalar variable 'x'.  Am I
>                  correct in assuming that scalar 'x' is temporarily
>                  promoted to an array in which every element is equal
>                  to the scalar value held in 'x'?
>
> 7)  'b2' is an array which contains values of True (1) or False (0).
>     Wherever there is a TRUE element, there has been a run of x bars,
>     each having a closing price less than the close 3 bars prior.
>
>       Question:  What are the first x elements of b2?  Are they
>                  undefined or can I expect them to have some default
>                  value in them?
>
> >    Buy=b2==0 AND Ref(b2,-1);
>
> 8)  Here the Buy array is assigned valued of TRUE (1) or FALSE (0).
>     An element of BUY is true if the the current element of b2 is 0
>     (FALSE) and if follows an element which is 1 (TRUE) - which
>
>     I interpret this as follows:  Buy when there the previous bar
>     concludes a run of x closes, each of which had a closing price
>     less than the close 3 bars ago AND where the current bar has
>     broken that pattern and the price hasn't dropped as much or is
>     starting to rise.
>
>       Question:  How am I doing so far?
>
> I'll stop asking questions here because it's probably enough for now and
> also because I'm confused as to why the Buy array assignment statement
> and the following three statements are within a for() loop.
>
> Thanks in advance to those that take the time to help a greenhorn!
>
>                                    Nick
>
> >    PlotShapes((shapeHollowSmallCircle)*b2,x);
> >    PlotShapes(shapeUpArrow*Buy,colorWhite,0,C,0 );
> >    Title=Title+WriteIf(b2,"b["+WriteVal(x,1.0)+"]","");
> > }
> >
> > for(x=5;x<25;x++)
> > {
> >    S2=Sum(C>Ref(C,-3),x)==x;
> >    Sell=s2==0 AND Ref(s2,-1);
> >    PlotShapes((shapeHollowSmallCircle+shapePositionAbove)*s2,x);
> >    PlotShapes(shapeDownArrow*Sell,colorYellow,0,C,0 );
> >    Title=Title+WriteIf(s2,"s["+WriteVal(x,1.0)+"]","");
> > }
> >
> --
>



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      ``````  Natasha !!!

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