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[amibroker] Re: Coding Question



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I think that you need to get rid of the LastValue call. Run the 
following exploration against symbol AA for the period 8/1/2007 - 
8/31/2007 for an example;

xx = Close > 36;
Filter = xx;

AddColumn(Ref(BarsSince(xx), -1) + 1, "Prev Bars Ago");

Mike

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Edward Pottasch" <empottasch@xxx> 
wrote:
>
> if xx is the array that contains true/false values and the last 
value is 
> true then the previous true value is
> 
> LastValue(Ref(BarsSince(xx),-1))  + 1
> 
> bars back.
> 
> regards, Ed
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: sidhartha70
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:14 PM
> Subject: [amibroker] Coding Question
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Hopefully simple coding question that seems to be foxing me 
briefly...
> 
> I have an array who's value is true on the current bar. I want to 
find
> how many bars back the prior occurence of 'true' was. The array is
> only every true or false...
> 
> I thought this would work,
> 
> x = HighestSinceBars(True,y,2);
> 
> Where y is the array in question....
> 
> But it doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> Any ideas...?
> 
> TIA
>




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