If you want to reference an element, within the resulting array, outside of
the function, then simply assign the result to a variable first.
fast =
fast_EMA(period);
value = fast[i]; // where i is the desired element
index
And yes, your usage of Optimize is
correct.
Mike
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"Markus Witzler" <funnybiz@xx.> wrote:
>
>
Hello,
>
> I designed the following function which creates an
exponential moving average:
>
> function Fast_EMA( period )
> {
> EMA_fast[ 0 ] = close[ 0 ]; seed value is being
set
>
> for( i = 1; i < BarCount; i++ )
> {
>
EMA_fast[ i ]
=EMA_fast[i-1]+(close[i]-EMA_fast[i-1])*2/(period+1);
> }
>
> return EMA_fast;
> }
>
>
> Now, when I later want to reference a value of the function, do I use
this: EMA_fast[i]
>
> And when want to optimize the length of my
exp. moving average, do I use this:
>
> period=Optimize ("Fast
EMA length", 50, 10, 150, 10);
>
> fast_EMA( period );
>
>
> Thanks for clarifying
>
>
Markus
>