Re: [amibroker] Re: Please help: How do I use if to compare current and previous MA?

["Ara Kaloustian" <ara1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

if (ref(yourarray,-1) > yourarray)
{
your code
}

The above will only handle the last bar.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "iinself" <iinself@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:04 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Please help: How do I use if to compare current and 
previous MA?


> Thanks for your suggestion Bill, but it does not seem to solve my
> problem. All I want to do is compare the MA for the current bar and
> the previous bar and then do something if previous MA is greater than
> current MA. Like print "hai" as below - iif returns an array which I
> am not able to pass to an "if"
>
> periods = Param( "Periods", 30, 1, 200, 1 );
> averages = MA(Close, periods);
> this = Ref(averages, 0);
> prev = Ref(averages, -1);
>
> Cond1 = WriteIf( this >= prev, "up", "down" );
> if (Cond1 == "up"){
>  printf("hai");
> }
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wavemechanic" <timesarrow@xxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Take a look at the iif() function.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "iinself" <iinself@xxx>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:16 PM
>> Subject: [amibroker] Please help: How do I use if to compare
> current and previous MA?
>>
>>
>> > periods = Param( "Periods", 30, 1, 200, 1 );
>> > averages = MA(Close, periods);
>> > this = Ref(averages, 0);
>> > prev = Ref(averages, -1);
>> >
>> >
>> > if I try :
>> > if (this > prev) I get an error, I am aware I am trying to "if" 2
> arrays.
>> >
>> > So I do this, which does not look right !?:
>> >
>> > Cond1 = WriteIf( this >= prev, "up", "down" );
>> > if (Cond1 == "up"){
>> >    printf("hai");
>> > }
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Iinself
>> >
>> >
>> >
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