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>>So outputting the result, as you've suggested, as a .sym
file will only add a symbol look-up list only from where I can
create a fresh list of securities...right? It will not have the
datas that are already in there right now.
<<
You're right -- you'd have to recollect the data.
I got looking at the MASTER and EMASTER files and found specific string lengths delineating the ticker symbols and name combination,
so I suspect you could hack a way to change the ticker symbols such that the .DAT files would still correspond. I imagine that
would take more time for an amateur like me than manually changing 3000 tickers by hand, but you might want to examine those two
files.
Why do you need to change so many symbols? Is it because you've changed data vendors?
I'll be in Bangalore in early Dec -- if you're from there, drop me a line and perhaps we can have some tea and talk Metastock.
Regards,
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "chandan_lall_seal" <chandanseal@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Changing Symbol Names in Metastock Pro 9.0
> Hi James,
> Thanks for your reply and a Happy and Prosperous Diwali to you too.
>
> Coming back to our little problem of changing the symbol names, all
> I can say is that it's better to just apply the rename command by
> right-clicking on the open dialogue box in Metastock and change the
> symbol one-by-one, rather than scratching my head off to find a
> shortcut!
>
> I could have applied your solution, but the problem is that I have
> datas too. So outputting the result, as you've suggested, as a .sym
> file will only add a symbol look-up list only from where I can
> create a fresh list of securities...right? It will not have the
> datas that are already in there right now.
>
> So, it's better to go the long-cut way, when there ain't any
> shortcuts.
>
> Chandan
>
>
> --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "James Cooley"
> <laptop4u@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Chandan,
> >
> > I don't think there IS an easy way...
> >
> > Has someone come up with a way (or a tool) to parse the MASTER and
> EMASTER files?
> >
> > I think I'd go about solving your problem by creating a list of
> the securities you want changed -- just the ticker symbols and name
> > (but that gets more complicated). You could create a simple
> exploration to do that, then output the results to a text file.
> Using a
> > text editor with column mode (I like an old version of UltraEdit)
> it's not too hard to cull the ticker symbols.
> >
> > Once you've got those, you can put that into Excel and use the
> concatenate function to append whatever suffix you'd like, then
> > output the file as another text file, and use the result to create
> a SYM file to populate a new folder in the Downloader.
> >
> > As we say in America, I may be going around my elbow to get to my
> ass, so if someone has a better method I hope they'll chime in.
> >
> > Happy Diwali,
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chandan_lall_seal" <chandanseal@xxxx>
> > To: <equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 1:40 PM
> > Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Changing Symbol Names in Metastock
> Pro 9.0
> >
> >
> > > Hello Everybody,
> > >
> > > Please guide me as to how I can change the symbol names of a
> group of
> > > securities( say about 3000) already existing in Metastock Pro
> 9.0. I
> > > know I can change a single symbol by the 'Rename' command, but
> doing
> > > the same one-by-one for 3000 securities is a tedious job! I
> > > desperately need a shortcut. Thank you.
> > >
> > > Chandan
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