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Try this.
AA:=Input("mmddyyyy date ",1011960,12312100,6262002);
Date1:=AA=Month()*1000000+DayOfMonth()*10000+Year();
count:=BarsSince(date1);
count:=count + Cum(If(count=0,1,0));
count
lhgoh99
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bruneski
<iniciante_2000@xxxx>" <iniciante_2000@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi Spyros! Back again!
>
> Well your new formulation seems to work fine for most dates, but
> fails for each day of December of each year up until 2001 (I didn't
> really check why!).
>
> Now ... I do have a suggestion that might do the trick:
>
> build numbers that represent complete dates 'positionally' (that
is,
> transforms, say, Nov 25, 2001 into 20011125).
>
> There it goes:
> d:=Input("Day",1,31,1);
> m:=Input("Month",1,12,1);
> y:=Input("Year",1920,2030,2002);
> mydate:= 10000*y + 100*m + d;
> date:= 10000*Year() + 100*Month() + DayOfMonth();
> count:=BarsSince(mydate<=date); {use '<' if first day is not to be
> counted}
> count:=count + Cum(If(count=0,1,0));
> count
>
> Looks nice, doesn't it? Better yet, seems to work! :-D
>
> Would you care to verify it?
>
> Thanks for your enlightening insights!!! Take it easy.
>
>
=====================================================================
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SR" <raftsp@xxxx> wrote:
> > There are times (like this) when I feel like a beginner, too.
> >
> > I hope that the newer version fixes the bug.
> > If you see anything else please tell me. Here is the code:
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > {BarsSinceDate}
> >
> > d:=Input("Day",1,31,1);
> > m:=Input("Month",1,12,1);
> > y:=Input("Year",1920,2030,2002);
> >
> > cond1:= d<DayOfMonth() AND m=Month() AND y=Year();{normal
situation}
> > cond2:= d>DayOfMonth() AND m+1 =Month() AND y=Year();{change of
> month}
> > cond3:= d>DayOfMonth() AND m=12 AND y+1=Year();{change of year}
> >
> > count:=BarsSince(cond1 OR cond2 OR cond3);
> > count:=count + Cum(If(count=0,1,0));
> > count
> >
> > -------------------------
> > The simplest solution would be of course this one:
> >
> > d:=Input("Day",1,31,1);
> > m:=Input("Month",1,12,1);
> > y:=Input("Year",1920,2030,2002);
> >
> >
> > count:=BarsSince(d=DayOfMonth() AND m=Month() AND y=Year());
> > count
> > -------------------------
> > But this will display a line, only if the date you enter is a
valid
> one.
> > So one can use the above as long as he/she provides dates that
are
> present
> > in the chart.
> >
> > I tried to get something that overcomes this restriction.
> > The logic was to first count the bars of an earlier date (a valid
> one)
> > using:
> >
> > count:=BarsSince(d<DayOfMonth() AND m=Month() AND y=Year());
> >
> > and then add the dates where the indicator had zero values using:
> >
> > count:=count + Cum(If(count=0,1,0));
> >
> > But this was wrong because it didn't take into account the cases
> where the
> > Day gets lower
> > as when for the 30th we proceed to the next month and Day is now
a
> lower
> > number!
> > I think I fixed that and I also fixed the case where we we have
the
> change
> > between Years.
> >
> > Thanks for pointing out the problem.
> >
> > Spyros
> >
> > _________________________________________________
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:00:00 -0000
> > From: "bruneski <iniciante_2000@xxxx>"
> > <iniciante_2000@xxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Bar Count since certain date
> >
> > Hi Spyros! As a beginner with Metastock formula language I
> > implemented your suggestion (as an indicator) just to check how it
> > worked.
> >
> > It seems to work fine most of the time, except for a few days at
the
> > end of each month (try Nov 29 or Nov 30, 2002). How can that be?
> > Maybe something related to the '<' sign in the BarsSince
condition?
> >
> > BTW, what is the rationale for the condition 'd<DayOfMonth() AND
> > m=Month() AND y=Year()'. Does it mean that BarsSince counts from
the
> > last time the condition was true?
> >
> > And why is the assignment 'count:=count + Cum(If(count=0,1,0))'
> > necessary?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> >
>
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> >
> > --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SR" <raftsp@xxxx> wrote:
> > > {BarsSinceDate}
> > >
> > > d:=Input("Day",1,31,1);
> > > m:=Input("Month",1,12,1);
> > > y:=Input("Year",1920,2030,2002);
> > >
> > >
> > > count:=BarsSince(d<DayOfMonth() AND m=Month() AND y=Year());
> > > count:=count + Cum(If(count=0,1,0));
> > > count
> > >
> > > Spyros
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 15:52:35 -0000
> > > From: "trend2trader <trend2trader@xxxx>" <trend2trader@xxxx>
> > > Subject: Bar Count since certain date
> > >
> > > hi list,
> > >
> > > is there a possibility to program an indicator which counts the
> > bars
> > > since a certain data i.e. how many bars since 1/1/2000?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > > trend2trader
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _
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