[amibroker] Re: Determining lowest # of bars in watchlist

["levibreidenbach" <levib1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Herman,

I still do not full understand why my coding will not work.  If time permits, could someone briefly explain what's happening when loop runs?

Also, of the two options, the second one Herman offered is what I need, but I don't understand staticvar.  I've read user guide, but still don't understand as I have very little previous programming experience.  Is there a simple change I can make to this code, or is this a complex problem?

A sure appreciate the help,

Levi

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Herman <psytek@xxx> wrote:
>
> In an exploration you can create one column for barcounts and use 
> AddSummaryRows() to show you the min and max.
> 
> You can also look form the min and max as each ticker passes and save 
> the result to a staticvar that you can read from anywhere.
> 
> herman
> 
> levibreidenbach wrote:
> > I am trying to determine the # of bars each symbol has.  Say I have a watch list with 5 symbols (A,B,C,D, and E)  If each symbol has the following number of bars (12, 45, 66, 48, 223), how do I get the number 12 (the least) into a variable.  I have tried the following:
> >
> > Listnum = 64;
> > List = GetCategorySymbols( categoryWatchlist, Listnum );
> >
> > x = 10^6;
> >
> > for ( i = 0; (sym = StrExtract( List, i ) ) != ""; i++ )
> > {
> >
> > SetForeign( sym);
> > y = BarCount;
> > x = IIF( y < x, y, x );
> > RestorePriceArrays();
> >
> > }
> >
> > AddColumn( x, "Min Number Bars", 1.0 );
> >
> > Whenever I run exploration it gives barcount for current symbol, not the smallest barcount of symbols in watchlist.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Levi
> >
> >
> >
> >
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