Title: Re: [amibroker] Re: Need some help setting up DTN folders
Yes, Excel couldn't take it. I think I will split the file into two parts and then/sort import the tls.
I was hoping there was an official way to do this and place the tickers into categories, like N100, SP500, etc.
Thanks for the suggestions m,
have a great day!
herman
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 10:09:42 AM, you wrote:
> i filtered it to only import TSE tickers. but it can be modified to add any set of tickers.
> pl note that there are thousands of symbols in that list. it is just a plain
> csv file. you can probably import it in excel and review it. it is possible
> that excel could truncate the file as there seems to be a line length
> limitation in excel but i can be mistaken.
> pl let me know which ones that you want to add, and i can modify the list to
> add those exchagnes or send you a template that you can play with.
>
> for this script to work on your machine, you need to install ruby from www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
> you also need to install the fastercsv library that i use.
> this can be done from your command prompt.
> gem install fastercsv
> in ruby, the # means it is a commented line.
> change the importsymbols.rb to configure amibroker exchange id and location
> of the mktsymbols.txt file and the databse that you intend to use.
> then just goto the command prompt and
> execute ruby importsymbols.rb
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