Don This thread has been helpful. Thanks
After I rename the "broker.*" files in AB do I use the 2 broker files in Hemscott or your file herein. Your file seems to be a MS Word file as I look at it on my computer. Is that an informational file and the Hemscott is a working file(s)? > > > > > > _____ > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Don Lindberg > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 20:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: Advice on Populating New Set of Industries > > > > > Grover, > > You may not have done it right. You have to put the broker.industries and > broker .sectors file in the root of AmiBroker (ex: c:\program > files\AmiBroker\) BEFORE you create you new database. This is what > establishes the structure of these areas of your database. The only time > these files get used is at the time of creating a new database. The rest of > the time they just sit there doing nothing. If you didn't have them in place > before you created the new database, delete it and start over. > > > > As to the numbering of an Industry, this one gave me headaches until I > figured it out.The number for Industry 175, will not correspond with the > numbering in Hemscott. Here is how it works. > > The names in the Broker.Industries list are associated with the > Broker.Sectors list. Theree are 10 items in that list. All lists in > AmiBroker start with 0, so the Sectors are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 . 0 is > assigned to "Unassigned", 1 is assigned to "Basic Materials", etc. The > number you see in the Broker.Industries list before the Industry name is > merely telling AmiBroker what Sector that Industry belongs to. That's why > you only see numbers from 0 to 9. So how do we tell AmiBroker what Industry > a particular stock belongs to when we run the script? We count the POSITION > of the industry name in the Broker.Industries list. Thus ALCO (Aluminum > Industry) would be assigned a number of 8, as Aluminum is the eight name > down in the list! A stock that belonged to Beverages - Soft Drinks Industry > would be assigned a number of 20. And so on. So the numbers in the Hemscott > List DO NOT relate in anyway to the number that appears in the > industry_data.cvs list. The cvs file is created relating a list position > number to an Industry Name. Hope this all makes sense now. This is why if > you didn't have the broker.industries and broker.sectors files in the root > of AmiBroker BEFORE you created the database the assignments will be wrong. > Without these two files AmiBroker defaults to a different structure (older) > than the Hemscott structure. > > > > I'm going to stop now before I REALLY confuse you. > > > > If you have any other questions drop me a line. > > > > Don Lindberg > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
