without providing any information on how Jstop is calculated this output means very little, just shows a fault in your calculation I wonder why you used debug when you could easily just explore for the results
-- Cheers Graham AB-Write >< Professional AFL Writing Service Yes, I write AFL code to your requirements http://www.aflwriting.com On 29/05/07, indo26_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /* Program: atr_values_test > ** Author: Joshua Chellew > ** Purpose: To understand the state of arrays. I wrote this > program in order to get a better understanding > ** of the runtime behaviour and how it > works on the state of arrays > ** Findings: I suspect I may have found a bug. The value of Jstop > [1] is unexpected. I expected Jstop[1] to have > ** the value '0'. I used a 3rd party > utility called 'DebugView' in order to read the _TRACE calls. I > ** ran this AFL program as a weekly > system on 1 ticker/company. When I ran a scan, this is what I found: > ** > [2524] at the start of 'ATR > Values test' program > [2524] Close[0] = 13.3582, > Jstop[0] = 13.3582 > [2524] Close[1] = 13.2819, > Jstop[1] = 2.29594e-038 > [2524] Close[2] = 13.1778, > Jstop[2] = 0 > [2524] Close[3] = 13.1708, > Jstop[3] = 0 > [2524] Close[4] = 12.8447, > Jstop[4] = 0 > > .......... > > > .......... > > > [2524] Close[201] = 8, Jstop > [201] = 0 > [2524] Close[202] = 8.29, > Jstop[202] = 0 > [2524] Close[203] = 8.36, > Jstop[203] = 0 > [2524] Close[204] = 8.43, > Jstop[204] = 0 > [2524] Close[205] = 8.38, > Jstop[205] = 0 > [2524] Close[206] = 8.39, > Jstop[206] = 0 > > ** > ** You will notice Jstop[1] has a > value '2.29594e-038' which I find strange and unexpected because the > program > ** only assigns Jstop[0]. It does not assign > Jstop[1] and therefore I expect it's value to be '0'. I can't find > ** any explanation other than a bug in AFL/AB. > */ > > > _TRACE("at the start of 'ATR Values test' program"); > > Jstop[0] = Close[0]; > > for(i = 0; i < BarCount - 1; i++) > { > _TRACE("Close["+ i +"] = " + Close[i] + > ", Jstop["+ i +"] = " + Jstop[i]); > } > > Buy = 0; > Sell = 0; >
