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 Tomasz 
Janeczko
 amibroker.com
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Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:05 PM Subject: [amibroker] Barcount vs Barindex() >I always thought that 
Barcount would give me the number of bars, as
 > in "LastValue", available 
for the current active array, according to
 > the manual:
 >
 > 
" . . . BarCount is a numeric variable that holds just one number
 > (the 
count of elements in array). . ."
 >
 > as well as:
 >
 > 
" . . .  if you choose range: "all quotes" in AA
 > SelectedValue 
function is equivalent to array[ BarCount - 1 ] . . ."
 >
 > Why is 
it then that if I use the following code:
 >
 > 
MaxBar=BarCount-1;
 > 
ChBar=LastValue(Min(MaxBar,SelectedValue(BarIndex())));
 >
 > 
printf("\nChBar: " + NumToStr(ChBar,1.0));
 > printf("\nMaxBar: " + 
NumToStr(MaxBar,1.0));
 >
 > I get the same number for ChBar and 
Maxbar as output in my
 > Interpretation for a randomly selected bar in 
the chart:
 >
 > ChBar: 640
 > MaxBar: 640
 >
 > If I 
select another bar, the numbers are again the same:
 >
 > ChBar: 
881
 > MaxBar: 881
 >
 > Should MaxBar not reflect a fixed 
number, namely (LastValue(BarIndex
 > ())- "Blank Bars"?
 >
 > 
Or do I need to re-interpreted Barcount as:
 >
 > Barcount = 
SelectedValue(BarIndex())+1; ????
 >
 > I use AB 5.08
 >
 > Thx,
 >
 > PS (Deja-vu-ing, feeling like a beginner 
again)
 >
 >
 >
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