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Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] How many IF() functions can I nest in a custom indicator??



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Hi Mike


You could try to do it this way

 (DayCount = x1)*y1 + (DayCount = x2)*y2 + (DayCount = x3)*y3 +...


Kind regards

Roy Larsen
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mfsloane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:18 PM
Subject: RE: [EquisMetaStock Group] How many IF() functions can I nest in a custom indicator??


> Thanks for the explanation Roy; that explains what I was getting.
> 
> For some reason I thought it was around 20 and I was using a very simple
> piece of code to plot a custom indicator (if(DayCount = x1, y1, if(
> DayCount  = x2, y2 . . .  etc) and it certainly threw a wobbly at 20;
> just spun the wheels and I evetually had to reboot to get it out of the
> loop.
> 
> Regards,
> Miike
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Larsen [mailto:rlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2005 10:57 AM
> To: equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] How many IF() functions can I nest
> in a custom indicator??
> 
> 
> Hi Mike
> 
> 
> I think MetaStock throws a wobbly when you get to 13 or 14 nested If()
> functions. If there's a PREV 
> in the code somewhere then MS will error sooner rather than later.
> Remember that MetaStock processes 
> the innermost parentheses first, which means it starts with the
> innermost If(). I don't think 
> there's a documented limit, but I take 12 as a practical limit (13
> choices?).
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Roy Larsen
> www.metastocktips.co.nz
> Free formulas and MS links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sloane" <mfsloane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:11 AM
> Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] How many IF() functions can I nest in a
> custom indicator??
> 
> 
>>I am sure someone out there knows the answer off the top of their head.
>>
>> How many IF() functions can I nest in a custom indicator??
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Mike Sloane
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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