Hello, before I sign up to use the TS platform for backtesting I need to know if my EL code posted below actually works and prints out the number 7 in the TS platform print log. Could someone please test this on their machine. Here is the code that I need tested. Does the EL code below print out the number 7 in the TS Print Log or does it not work for some reason? Really appreciate any help, huge thanks in advance.


[IntrabarOrderGeneration = TRUE]

variables:

intrabarpersist AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1(0),
intrabarpersist AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1_S(""),
intrabarpersist AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1(0),
intrabarpersist AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1_S(""),
intrabarpersist Count(0),
intrabarpersist Count_S(""),
intrabarpersist Lots(0);

AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1 = 13 ;

AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1_S = NumToStr(AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1,0);

AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1 = 6 ;

AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1_S = NumToStr(AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1,0);

Count = 1 ;

Count_S = NumToStr(Count,0) ;

Lots = StrToNum("AD_Max_Pos_Acc_" + Count_S + "_S") - StrToNum("AD_Get_Pos_Acc_" + Count_S + "_S") ;

Print("Lots = ",Lots) ; // Question: Does this Print statement print out the number 7 ?

Genesis13,

welcome to NexusFi. Your code will print 0 due to the way StrToNum works.

Take a look at the description for this reserved word taken from the TS help file:

Quoting 

If any non-numeric characters are included in the string expression, zero (0) is returned. The only exception is when non-numeric characters are located at the end of the string expression, in which case, they are dropped from the numeric expression.

While your expression "AD_Max_Pos_Acc_" + Count_S + "_S" evaluates to the string AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1_S within EasyLanguage, the compiler will treat this as a new string literal and not access the value stored in the variable with the same name.

Regards,

ABCTG

Hi ABCTG, huge thanks for your help and advice, I really appreciate this. Will my code print the number 7 (instead of 0) if I change the code to the following syntax? If not, can you think of any solution here to get the code to print the number 7 ?

[IntrabarOrderGeneration = TRUE]

variables:

intrabarpersist AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1(0),
intrabarpersist AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1_S(""),
intrabarpersist AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1(0),
intrabarpersist AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1_S(""),
intrabarpersist Count(0),
intrabarpersist Count_S(""),
intrabarpersist String1(""),
intrabarpersist String2(""),
intrabarpersist Lots(0);

AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1 = 13 ;

AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1_S = NumToStr(AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1,0);

AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1 = 6 ;

AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1_S = NumToStr(AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1,0);

Count = 1 ;

Count_S = NumToStr(Count,0) ;

String1 = "AD_Max_Pos_Acc_" + Count_S + "_S" ;

String2 = "AD_Get_Pos_Acc_" + Count_S + "_S" ;

Lots = StrToNum(String1) - StrToNum(String2) ;

Print("Lots = ",Lots) ; // Question: Does this Print statement print out the number 7 ?

Genesis13,

it will also print 0, as you are basically trying the same just storing the string in another variable. You cannot dynamically set variable names and access the values of these variables within EasyLanguage the way you intend to do it.

One idea that comes to mind is using a Dictionary where you can store and lookup values using keys (strings).

Regards,

ABCTG

Genesis13 

Hi ABCTG, huge thanks for your help and advice, I really appreciate this. Will my code print the number 7 (instead of 0) if I change the code to the following syntax? If not, can you think of any solution here to get the code to print the number 7 ? [IntrabarOrderGeneration = TRUE] variables: intrabarpersist AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1(0), intrabarpersist AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1_S(""), intrabarpersist AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1(0), intrabarpersist AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1_S(""), intrabarpersist Count(0), intrabarpersist Count_S(""), intrabarpersist String1(""), intrabarpersist String2(""), intrabarpersist Lots(0); AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1 = 13 ; AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1_S = NumToStr(AD_Max_Pos_Acc_1,0); AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1 = 6 ; AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1_S = NumToStr(AD_Get_Pos_Acc_1,0); Count = 1 ; Count_S = NumToStr(Count,0) ; String1 = "AD_Max_Pos_Acc_" + Count_S + "_S" ; String2 = "AD_Get_Pos_Acc_" + Count_S + "_S" ; Lots = StrToNum(String1) - StrToNum(String2) ; Print("Lots = ",Lots) ; // Question: Does this Print statement print out the number 7 ?