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> Yes I've been getting the same email many times also.
Me too.
> I'm about to do
> a special Norton Scan!
Since it is a simple text mail (no HTML) I doubt that Norton will find
anything.
Greetings,
Thomas
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gordon Sutherland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Herman
> Sent: Friday, 28 November 2008 5:54 a.m.
> To: Barry Scarborough
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: How to convert a string to non-string
> characters?!
>
>
>
> Is everybody getting this same email about twenty times? They are
> still coming in... but less frequently.
>
>
>
>
> or is this a problem at my end?
>
>
>
>
> h
>
> Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 7:42:31 PM, you wrote:
> > It isn't impossible, just akward. I would try to find another way.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > StrToNum will convert the number up to the first non-number, the
> >
> > character + in your case. That is why you get 3 instead of 12.
> >
> > 3 + 4 + 5 is not a number and strToNum is not smart enough to add
> > the
> >
> > numbers. When it gets to the + it quits and returns 3.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > To sum numbers in a string you have to parse the string to extract
> >
> > the numbers. This will extract the numbers from the string and sum
> >
> > them. The printf lines show what is being done along the way.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > VarSetText("Condition1", "3 + 4 + 5");
> >
> >
> >
> > aStr = VarGetText("Condition1");
> >
> > a = aStr;
> >
> > Offset = StrFind(aStr, "+") +1;
> >
> > Len = StrLen(aStr);
> >
> > b = StrMid(aStr, Offset, Len);
> >
> > Offset = StrFind(b, "+") +1;
> >
> > Len = StrLen(b);
> >
> > d = StrMid(b, Offset, Len);
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > // this shows the output of the parser
> >
> > // at this point a, b and d are strings, not numbers.
> >
> > printf("a= " + a + ", b= " + b + ", d= " + d);
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > // strToNum returns the number up to first text character
> >
> > x = StrToNum(a); // x = 3
> >
> > y = StrToNum(b); // y = 4
> >
> > z = StrToNum(d); // z = 5
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > // now you can sum the numbers
> >
> > printf("\nTotal =" + NumToStr(x+y+z, 1));
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Of course if you have an alphanumeric string, such as "Sum 3 plus 4
> >
> > and then add 5.", the parsing it will get very difficult but it
> > can
> >
> > be done.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ozzyapeman" <zoopfree@xxx> wrote:
> >> If it is just plain impossible to convert strings to actual values
> >>
> >> (other than plain numbers), perhaps my DLL plugin needs to spit
> >
> > work in
> >
> >> a different way?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> This is the type of thing I am trying to achieve - to cycle
> >> through
> >>
> >> thousands of conditions like:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Condition1 = MA(C, 12) > C5 AND MA(C,20) < Close;
> >>
> >> Condition2 = EMA(L,4) > C3 OR MA(H,7) > Close;
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >> Condition2555 = MA(H, 50) < C12 AND EMA(L, 12) < Close;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Setting the left sides of the above expressions is easy, using
> >
> > dynamic
> >
> >> variables.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> But my DLL spits out the right sides of the above expressions, but
> >
> > only
> >
> >> as strings. So instead of the DLL returning strings, how else
> >> could
> >
> > it
> >
> >> interface with AmiBroker so that the dynamic assignments above are
> >>
> >> created in the AFL?
> >>
> >> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ozzyapeman" <zoopfree@> wrote:
> >> > Or to take a more trivial example, the following prints "3"
> >
> > instead of
> >
> >> > "12":
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > VarSetText("Condition1", "3 + 4 + 5");
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Total = StrToNum (VarGetText("Condition1"));
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > printf ("Sum %g", Total);
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > How do I convert the above string so that Total is equal to the
> >> >
> >> > expression itself, which is equal to 12?
> >> >
> >> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ozzyapeman" zoopfree@ wrote:
> >> > > Yes, tried that. But since the values spit out by the function
> >>
> >> aren't
> >>
> >> > > just pure numbers, it does not seem to work.
> >
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