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Re: a new problem with Ref()



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It is not due to the Ref() function.
To Test, create an indicator that references a Securities 100+ days
of Closes in the past.

More likely you are overceeding the maximum 20 Variables limit for
a single custom indicator.   

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Ton Maas
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Tann"
To: "Metastock User Group" <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: woensdag 13 september 2000 0:30
Subject: a new problem with Ref()


> List,
> 
> Well I've programmed my way around the last problem, but I just hit another
> snag.
> 
> Is there a limit in using the Ref() function?
> 
> I have a variable called MXX.  I am manipulating it in a simplistic manner
> and the first 8 worked great.  When I get to the ninth iteration, it quits
> working.
> 
> XEIGHT:=  ( MXX - Ref( MXX , -8 ) ) / 8;   This one works correctly
> XNINE:= ( MXX - Ref( MXX , -9 ) ) / 9;       This one doesn't work!
> 
> Actually, numbers one through eight work fine.  Nine and ten don't work and
> I haven't finished checking eleven through twenty yet.  I assume there's
> something in the manual I missed, so any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Guy
> 
> " When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did, in his sleep.
> Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car."
> 
> 
>