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On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:38:14 -0800, Adheer Pai wrote: 

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> <P>&gt; Could you give some examples? What would you like it to do that it&nbsp;doesn't? <BR><BR>Creating composite securities - <BR>Lets say I wish to create a composite security of 5 stocks (e.g. Dogs Of Dow&nbsp;Index) and wish to compare it with the DJIA. It is virtually impossible to do this. You can create composite securities of two stocks .. but thats&nbsp;all I can do&nbsp;!!<BR><BR>I would'nt say this is an example of the formula deficiency, but a feature I would have loved in metastock. <BR><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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> <P><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive" color=#0033ff size=2>- Adheer,</FONT> 
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> <DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows---- 
> <DIV></DIV>From: "Roy Larsen" <RLARSEN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <DIV></DIV>Reply-To: Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <DIV></DIV>To: <METASTOCKUSERS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [Metastockusers] Re: That does it! 
> <DIV></DIV>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:33:35 +1300 
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> <DIV></DIV>Pring 
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> <DIV></DIV>I can't speak for Lionel but here are some of my thoughts. 
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> <DIV></DIV>&gt; 1. Most of the add-ons are expensive and inadequate 
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; I won't argue with that point. 
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> <DIV></DIV>Neither will I. But then I've never been convinced to fork out for any so 
> <DIV></DIV>what would I know? 
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> <DIV></DIV>&gt; 2. The formula language is too limited. 
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; Could you give some examples? What would you like it to do that it 
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; doesn't? 
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> <DIV></DIV>PREV should be fixed so that it's no more resource hungry than any other 
> <DIV></DIV>function. Failing that MS should have some sort of loop capability. At it 
> <DIV></DIV>stands at the moment each variable in a formula can only be processed in the 
> <DIV></DIV>order that it is presented. 
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> <DIV></DIV>IsDefined() and IsUnDefined() are the two most useless functions one could 
> <DIV></DIV>imagine. With an implementation that wasn't as half-baked they might 
> <DIV></DIV>actually serve a purpose beyond their current "next to useless" category. A 
> <DIV></DIV>typical example is how do I use either to assign a value to a variable for 
> <DIV></DIV>bar one when the variable contains Ref(C,-1). That's where these functions 
> <DIV></DIV>might have a purpose if they were intelligently implemented. 
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> <DIV></DIV>&gt; 3. The database system archaic. 
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; Meaning? I don't find it to be a problem at all. I connect through 
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; eSignal and find that works really well. 
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> <DIV></DIV>Single digit precision is a pain. Quite a few of the number manipulation 
> <DIV></DIV>functions in MS screw up and manage to turn 1.000000 onto either 1.000001 or 
> <DIV></DIV>0.999998. I don't worry too much about this when dealing with prices, but 
> <DIV></DIV>logically an answer is either right or wrong. Being "nearly right" is 
> <DIV></DIV>absolutely no use at all. 
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> <DIV></DIV>I'm not so naive as to believe that someone from Equis will actually read my 
> <DIV></DIV>complaints and do something about it so I continue to make the best of what 
> <DIV></DIV>MS does have. the fact that it has weaknesses is not a good enough reason 
> <DIV></DIV>for me to buy every new update, nor is it a good enough reason for me to 
> <DIV></DIV>give up on it altogether and switch to another package. I've paid good money 
> <DIV></DIV>for what I've got and by gosh I'm going to get as much value out of it as I 
> <DIV></DIV>possibly can. 
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> <DIV></DIV>Just my 2 cents worth. 
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> <DIV></DIV>Roy 
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