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Re: [amibroker] Filter and Parameter



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Chris,

Also watch the capitalization of  the params and test text.
I fixed my example below --you have "upbar" as a param and "Upbar" in  
the test.
They are not the same for text matches.

Dennis

On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:30 PM, Dennis Brown wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Us the IF(){} statement or Case statement instead of IIF() for this
> kind of program flow to make it simple to understand:
> (untested example)
> Typebar = paramlist("Typeofbars", "Upbar, Downbar, AllBars",2);
> filter = Null;
> IF(Typebar == "Upbar") {filter = Upbar;}
> IF(Typebar == "Downbar") {filter = Downbar;}
> IF(Typebar == "AllBars") {filter = 1;}
>
> Dennis
>
> On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:07 PM, ChrisB wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am still thinking about this:
>>
>> I want to use the Param function in Exploration to control one of
>> three
>> values I want to use for the Filter:
>>
>> Paramtoggle only gives me two values, to pass into the Filter:  
>> true or
>> false, so I cannot use this.
>>
>> If I run
>> UPbar = C > O; Downbar = C < O;
>>
>> Filter =1; // in Exploration this works
>> Filter = UPbar; // In exploration this works
>> Filter = Downbar;// in exploration this works
>>
>> So I have looked at ParamList:
>>
>> This code does not do what I would have thought:
>>
>> Typebar = paramlist("Typeofbars", "upbar, Downbar, AllBars",2);
>> TB = iif(Typebar == "Upbar", Upbar,
>> iif(Typebar == "downbar",Downbar,
>> iif(typebar == "AllBars, 1, Null)));
>> filter = tb;
>>
>> Exploration runs, but I get columns with heading with no data.
>>
>> Still not sure where to go from here.
>>
>> Any nudges in the right direction would be appreciated.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> ChrisB
>>
>> ChrisB wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi group.
>>>
>>> Back to basics here.
>>>
>>> How can I use the Param function to modify my filters in  
>>> Exploration?
>>>
>>> Currently I use
>>>
>>> Filter = 1;
>>> // Filter = UpBar = C > O;
>>> // Filter = DnBar = C < O;
>>>
>>> and just rem out the lines I don't need.
>>>
>>> How do I approach putting this into a
>>>
>>> Filter = param(" look at these bars", ....... ); ?
>>>
>>> This would be neater than accessing the code each time.
>>>
>>> Thx for any pointers.
>>>
>>> ChrisB
>>>
>>>
>>



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