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OK, I understand now. I suspect that you'll need to do the looping.
The user guide example uses looping. So, at least you know it's not
considered bad form in this instance.
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?id=309
Mike
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "TOMSTI" <tcsibor@xxx> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
>
>
> Swing high is when a bar's high is higher than either the preceding
or
> following bar. Swing low is where the bar's low is lower than the
preceding
> or following bar. I have no problem in doing that. At Ara's
suggestion, I am
> also able to use arrays to determine the previous swing highs/lows.
The only
> problem I have now is actually marking the top of the bar in
question with
> text, instead of just shapes. I cannot seem to find a method to get
the x
> and y coordinates that Plottext requires without doing it in a for
loop
> using Barcount.
>
>
>
> There are methods of obtaining Selected Bar coordinates and Mouse
> coordinates using the low level graphics, but I cannot find a way to
get
> them as I need them without looping. I am sure there is a way, but I
just
> haven't found it.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf
> Of Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:00 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: loop vs arrays
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Your explanation is not entirely clear. Specifically; What is your
> definition of a 3 bar swing high/low? Is it 3 consecutive up bars,
or
> just 3rd bar higher than preceding 2 though 2nd might be lower than
> 1st, or just highest bar of any consecutive 3, or MA(C, 3), etc...).
>
> If you've already written the loop, post it here, for clarity, and
> someone will point out how to do it using array manipulations
instead.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "TOMSTI" <tcsibor@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> >
> > I need to plot a chart that first of all shows 3 bar swing high
and
> swing
> > lows. After that, I need to show and mark if a swing made a higher
> swing
> > than the previous swing (or lower). I can do this using a loop and
> > remembering the previous swing high or swing low bar, but am
> wondering if
> > there is any way of avoiding a loop and accomplishing the same
> thing?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts appreciated. I have gone through the archives and the
> knowledge
> > base, but, unless I missed it, I did not find a solution.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom
> >
>
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