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The first real programming language I learned 40 years ago was APL
(IBM's A Programming Language). It is all about arrays (and
matrixes). Even I had a hard time getting the details of the AFL
array concept down at first... LOL
If at first you don't succeed, keep playing with the light switch
until the light eventually comes on :)
BR,
Dennis
On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Barry Scarborough wrote:
> I am a programmer and AFL was really hard for me when I started
> because I was not used to arrays. But just keep writing your own
> examples and reading the manual and it will soak in after a great
> while. I think not being a programmer is a boon to AFL understanding
> because it is so foreign to typical programming style used with
> Basic, C, Pascal, etc. If you understand Excel you are on your way as
> they are very similar. Actually learning AFL helped me with Excel.
>
> There is a large learning scale. Just looking over the large list of
> functions will help you greatly because most of the time you can
> imaging what you want to do but are not aware of the functions that
> do just want you want.
>
> Take what Tomasz says with a grain of salt and a lot of humility. He
> is so familiar with AFL that I think it is hard for him to get down
> to the level of the newbie. What we can't see is clear as glass to
> him and is way to complex at times for novices or non-programmers.
>
> Glad I could help. Keep at it and have fun,
> Barry
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "reinsley" <reinsley@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Barry,
>>
>> You can't imagine how valuable is your example for a non-programmer.
>>
>> You are right in saying "read the AFL manual. This is a very simple
>> problem to solve."
>>
>> Your answser should be added somewhere to illustrate the AFL
>> help/tutorial/manual that are most of the time chinese for newbie.
>> Or maybe in a new place in the KB to store basics examples.
>>
>> I keep in mind a funny thing.
>> Somewhere, I read an answer of TJ that gave an advanced solution to
> a
>> tricky question. As the forumer came back to have more explanations,
>> TJ finished the thread by " read my answer, if you don't understand
>> it's not for you...".
>>
>> So, thanks so much for this short tutorial that allows to enter step
>> by step in the AB world.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Barry Scarborough" <razzbarry@>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> plot(C, "C", colorblack);
>>> myMA = MA(C,13);
>>> plot(myMA, "MA", colorblue);
>>> plot(C - myMA, "Distance", colorgreen, styleHistogram |
> styleownscale);
>>>
>>> Pardon my saying so but one thing that would really help you
> would be
>>> to read the AFL manual. This is a very simple problem to solve.
>>>
>>> Barry
>>>
>>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mohammed" <softnews2003@>
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Any one can create indicator that can measure the distance
> between
>>>> price and Simple Moving average and plot the result as a
> histogram or
>>>> any good shape.
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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